arrange

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to configure or arrange something attractively

   I arranged the flowers so that they were more beautiful.

2. 2
   verb

   to arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

   I arrange my schedule at the beginning of each week.

3. 3
   verb

   to make arrangements for

   Can you arrange a meeting with the President?

4. 4
   verb

   to put into a proper or systematic order

   I arranged the books on the shelves in chronological order.

5. 5
   verb

   to plan, organize, and carry out an event

   I arranged the recital.

6. 6
   verb

   to adapt for performance in a different way

   I arranged the play into a musical.

7. 7
   verb

   to set into a specific format, such as printed matter

   I arranged the type for printing.

8. 8
   verb

   To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

   & whan the frensshe men sawe thus the hors come, whyche was longyng to rychard, they were al affrayed and moeued, and came & opened the gate, and anone he entred in; and after that the yate was shette, they arenged them aboute the sayd hors, for compassyon of sorowe, wepyng pyetously.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor. Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengier Old French arangierbor. Middle English arengen English arrange Inherited from Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), borrowed from Old French arengier, arangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), derived from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), fro…