Prepares

Examples

• Mr. George, entirely assenting, puts on his hat and prepares to march with Mr. Bagnet to the enemy's camp. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The hardiness of their ordinary life prepares them for the fatigues of war, to some of which their necessary occupations bear a great analogy. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• These he utters with an appearance of perfect indifference as he looks over the papers on his table and prepares to write a letter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He prepares a polished metal plate, generally zinc, with an extremely thin coating of film or fatty milk, which dries upon and adheres to the plate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• When the bees gather pollen and make wax and build cells, each step prepares the way for the next. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• This done, Mr. George takes a hearty farewell of the family party and prepares to saddle and mount. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The act of firing thus prepares the pistol for the next shot automatically. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The necessary occupation of a ditcher prepares him to work in the trenches, and to fortify a camp, as well as to inclose a field. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The ordinary life, the ordinary exercise of a Tartar or Arab, prepares him sufficiently for war. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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