prepare (v.)
- accommodate
- accouter
- adapt
- afford
- appoint
- apprentice
- arm
- arrange
- assemble
- author
- bake
- barbecue
- baste
- blanch
- boil
- brace
- braise
- break
- breed
- brew
- brief
- broil
- brown
- build
- cast
- change
- clothe
- coddle
- collaborate
- compose
- compound
- concoct
- condition
- construct
- contribute
- cook
- cram
- create
- cultivate
- cure
- curry
- deploy
- develop
- devil
- devise
- discipline
- dispose
- do
- donate
- dower
- dress
- drill
- editorialize
- educate
- elaborate
- endow
- endue
- equip
- erect
- evolve
- exercise
- extrude
- fabricate
- fashion
- fill
- find
- fire
- fit
- fix
- forearm
- forge
- form
- formulate
- fortify
- foster
- frame
- fricassee
- frizz
- frizzle
- fry
- fund
- furnish
- gear
- get
- ghost
- ghostwrite
- give
- griddle
- grill
- groom
- heat
- hedge
- heel
- house-train
- housebreak
- improve
- indite
- invest
- keep
- maintain
- make
- man
- manufacture
- marshal
- mature
- mobilize
- modify
- mold
- mould
- munition
- novelize
- nurse
- nurture
- organize
- outfit
- pan
- pan-broil
- parboil
- plan
- poach
- practice
- prearrange
- predispose
- prefabricate
- present
- prime
- process
- produce
- provide
- raise
- ready
- rear
- recruit
- rehearse
- replenish
- rig
- roast
- saute
- scallop
- sear
- shape
- shirr
- simmer
- staff
- steam
- steel
- stew
- stock
- store
- strengthen
- study
- subsidize
- supply
- support
- swot
- tan
- teach
- toast
- train
- transform
- treat
- trim
- write
- yield
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