Read full poem →to keep a copy. No edition can be considered
final, but were I preparing as complete a one
as poiisible, I abouM include the set of "In-
Dictionary Entry
To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip.
In a Sentence
“We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff.”
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Poetry examples for “preparing”
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Read full poem →Aubrey to write a notice of his friend for the
use of Wood, who was then preparing his
" Athenae Oxonienses," but the undertaking was
Read full poem →had gotten a little bag of curry powder and a great
choice chunk of mutton, and she was preparing to make
a feast. i"
Read full poem →As regards the second sonnet — After the French Liberation
of Italy — which Rossetti put into print when preparing the
volume of 1870, we can for once entirely agree with him and
Read full poem →A year, and then you'll pass it,
Preparing a new song.
And I'm a fool for prating
Read full poem →were so well pleased with the reports of the first voyage that
they readily helped Columbus in preparing for a new ex-
pedition. Colonies were to be planted in the new lands
Read full poem →When, like a cloud, he sits upon the air,
Preparing on his spell-bound prey to dart:
Chace him away, sweet Hope, with visage bright,
Read full poem →In conclusion I have to offer my sincere thanks to all who have
collaborated with me in preparing this Edition; to the Delegates of the
Oxford Press for allowing me to undertake it and decorate it with so
Read full poem →Bureau at Washington, D. C., while the labors of Josephine A.
Peavey of Farmington, N. H., in gathering and preparing the
material for the press, has made possible the publication, at this