different between prepare vs stiffen
prepare
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French preparer, from Classical Latin praepar?re (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + par?re (“make ready”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???p??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /p???p???/, /p???p???/
Verb
prepare (third-person singular simple present prepares, present participle preparing, simple past and past participle prepared)
- (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip.
- that they may prepare a city for habitation
- our souls, not yet prepared for upper light
- (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
- (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
- (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that can take a following verb in its to + infinitive form. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- busk (obsolete), graith (obsolete), ready, yark (obsolete)
Related terms
- preparation
Derived terms
- if you want peace, prepare for war (proverb)
Translations
Noun
prepare
- (obsolete) preparation
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, IV. i. 130:
- Go levy men, and make prepare for war;
- 1595, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, IV. i. 130:
Anagrams
- paperer, repaper
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French préparer (“prepare”), from Latin praepar?re (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + par?re (“make ready”).
Verb
prepare
- prepare
Portuguese
Verb
prepare
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of preparar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of preparar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of preparar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of preparar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pre?pare]
Verb
prepare
- third-person singular present subjunctive of prepara
- third-person plural present subjunctive of prepara
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?e?pa?e/, [p?e?pa.?e]
Verb
prepare
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of preparar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of preparar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of preparar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of preparar.
prepare From the web:
- what prepares the uterus for pregnancy
- what prepares the body for action
- what prepares mammary glands for lactation
- what prepared the colonies for self-government
- what prepared mean
- what prepares wastes for elimination from the body
- what prepared you for this position
- what prepared vertebrates for life on land
stiffen
English
Etymology
From Middle English stifnen, equivalent to stiff +? -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?f?n/
- Rhymes: -?f?n
Verb
stiffen (third-person singular simple present stiffens, present participle stiffening, simple past and past participle stiffened)
- (transitive) To make stiff.
- (intransitive) To become stiff.
Synonyms
- starken
Derived terms
- stiffen up
Related terms
- stiff
Translations
Anagrams
- infefts
stiffen From the web:
- what stiffens the plasma membrane
- what stiffens the walls of the arteries
- what stiffens frosting
- what stiffens fabric
- what stiffens poop
- what stiffens whipped cream
- what stiffness arteries
- what stiffens arteries
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