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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arrange \Ar*range"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Arranged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arranging}.] [OE. arayngen, OF. arengier, F. arranger, fr. a (L. ad) + OF. rengier, rangier, F. ranger. See {Range}, verb (used with an object)]
1. To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.
So [they] came to the market place, and there he arranged his men in the streets. --Berners.
[They] were beginning to arrange their hampers. --Boswell.
A mechanism previously arranged. --Paley.
2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.
Syn: Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
arranging \arranging\ n. the act of arranging a piece of music.
Syn: arrangement. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
arranging
noun: the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music [syn: {arrangement}, {transcription}]
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