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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

READY, a. red'y. [Eng. to rid; redo, ready; rida, to ride; bereda, to prepare. Gr. easy. The primary sense is to go, move, or advance forward, and it seems to be clear that ready, ride, read, riddle, are all of one family, and probably from the root of L. gradior. See Read and Red.]
1. Quick; prompt; not hesitating; as ready wit; a ready consent.
2. Quick to receive or comprehend; not slow or dull; as a ready apprehension.
3. Quick in action or execution; dextrous; as an artist ready in his business; a ready writer. Psalms 45.
4. Prompt; not delayed present in hand. He makes ready payment; he pays ready money for every thing he buys.
5. Prepared; fitted; furnished with what is necessary, or disposed in a manner suited to the purpose; as a ship ready for sea.
My oxen and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Matthew 22.
6. Willing; free; cheerful to do or suffer; not backward or reluctant; as a prince always ready to grant the reasonable requests of his subjects.
The spirit is ready, but the flesh is weak. Mark 14.
I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 21.
7. Willing; disposed. Men are generally ready to impute blame to others. They are more ready to give than to take reproof.
8. Being at the point; near; not distant; about to do or suffer.
A Syrian ready to perish was my father. Deutoronomy 26. Job 29. Psalms 88.
9. Being nearest or at hand.
A sapling pine he wrench'd from out the ground, the readiest weapon that his fury found.
10. Easy; facile; opportune; short; near, or most convenient; the Greek sense.
Sometimes the readiest way which a wise man has to conquer, is to flee.
Through the wild desert, not the readiest way.
The ready way to be thought mad, is to contend you are not so.
1. To make ready, to prepare; to provide and put in order.
2. An elliptical phrase, for make things ready; to make preparations; to prepare.
READY, adv. red'y. In a state of preparation, so as to need no delay.
We ourselves will go ready armed before the house of Israel. Numbers 32.
READY, n. red'y. For ready money.
Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law, or to clear old debts. [A low word.]
READY, v.t. red'y. To dispose in order; to prepare. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress; "get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready to learn to read" [ant: unready]
2: (of especially money) immediately available; "he seems to have ample ready money"; "a ready source of cash"
3: mentally disposed; "he was ready to believe her"
4: made suitable and available for immediate use; "dinner is ready"
5: apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit" [syn: quick, ready] n
1: poised for action; "their guns were at the ready" v
1: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make, prepare]
2: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (readier; -est) Etymology: Middle English redy; akin to Old English ger?de ready, Gothic garaiths arranged Date: 13th century 1. a. prepared mentally or physically for some experience or action b. prepared for immediate use <dinner is ready> 2. a. willingly disposed ; inclined <ready to agree to his proposal> b. likely to do something indicated <a house that looks ready to collapse> 3. displayed readily and spontaneously <a ready wit> 4. immediately available <had ready cash> Synonyms: see quick • readiness noun II. transitive verb (readied; readying) Date: 14th century to make ready

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. (readier, readiest) (usu. predic.) 1 with preparations complete (dinner is ready). 2 in a fit state (are you ready to go?). 3 willing, inclined, or resolved (he is always ready to complain; I am ready for anything). 4 within reach; easily secured (a ready source of income). 5 fit for immediate use (was ready to hand). 6 immediate, unqualified (found ready acceptance). 7 prompt, quick, facile (is always ready with excuses; has a ready wit). 8 (foll. by to + infin.) about to do something (a bud just ready to burst). 9 provided beforehand. --adv. 1 beforehand. 2 so as not to require doing when the time comes for use (the cases are ready packed). --n. (pl. -ies) sl. 1 (prec. by the) = ready money. 2 (in pl.) bank notes. --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) make ready; prepare. Phrases and idioms: at the ready ready for action. make ready prepare. ready-made (or -to-wear) (esp. of clothes) made in a standard size, not to measure. ready-mix (or -mixed) (of concrete, paint, food, etc.) having some or all of the constituents already mixed together. ready money 1 actual coin or notes. 2 payment on the spot. ready reckoner a book or table listing standard numerical calculations as used esp. in commerce. ready, steady (or get set), go the usual formula for starting a race. Derivatives: readiness n. Etymology: ME rædi(g), re(a)di, f. OE ræde f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ready Read"y, a. [Compar. Readier; superl. Readiest.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar['a]ids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding. Cf. Array, 1st Curry.] 1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. ``When she redy was.'' --Chaucer. 2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished. ``Dinner was ready.'' --Fielding. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. --Matt. xxii. 4. 3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed. I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. --Acts xxi. 13. If need be, I am ready to forego And quit. --Milton. 4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. ``Ready in devising expedients.'' --Macaulay. Gurth, whose temper was ready, through surly. --Sir W. Scott. 5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy. ``The readiest way.'' --Milton. A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, The readiest weapon that his fury found. --Dryden. 6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive. My heart is ready to crack. --Shak. 7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim. All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared. ``[I] am all redy at your hest.'' --Chaucer. Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. ``'Tis all the ready money fate can give.'' --Cowley. Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc. To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness. Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous; apt; skilful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune; fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See Prompt.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ready Read"y, adv. In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay. We ourselves will go ready armed. --Num. xxxii. 17.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ready Read"y, n. Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was supplied with the ready. [Slang] Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law, or to clear old debts. --Arbuthnot.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ready Read"y, v. t. To dispose in order. [Obs.] --Heywood.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(readier, readiest, readies, readying, readied) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If someone is ready, they are properly prepared for something. If something is ready, it has been properly prepared and is now able to be used. It took her a long time to get ready for church... Are you ready to board, Mr. Daly?... Tomorrow he would tell his pilot to get the aircraft ready... ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ for n, ADJ to-inf 2. If you are ready for something or ready to do something, you have enough experience to do it or you are old enough and sensible enough to do it. She says she's not ready for marriage... You'll have no trouble getting him into a normal school when you feel he's ready to go. ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ for n, ADJ to-inf 3. If you are ready to do something, you are willing to do it. They were ready to die for their beliefs... = willing ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf 4. If you are ready for something, you need it or want it. I don't know about you, but I'm ready for bed... ADJ: v-link ADJ for n 5. To be ready to do something means to be about to do it or likely to do it. She looked ready to cry... ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf 6. You use ready to describe things that are able to be used very quickly and easily. Why does German industry enjoy such a ready supply of well-trained and well-motivated workers? ADJ: ADJ n 7. Ready money is in the form of notes and coins rather than cheques or credit cards, and so it can be used immediately. I'm afraid I don't have enough ready cash. ADJ: ADJ n 8. When you ready something, you prepare it for a particular purpose. (FORMAL) John's soldiers were readying themselves for the final assault... VERB: V n for n 9. Ready combines with past participles to indicate that something has already been done, and that therefore you do not have to do it yourself. You can buy ready-printed forms for wills at stationery shops... COMB in ADJ 10. If you have something at the ready, you have it in a position where it can be quickly and easily used. Soldiers came charging through the forest, guns at the ready. PHRASE: usu n PHR

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

red'-i (]~mahir]): Occurs twice in the sense of apt, skillful (Ezr 7:6; Ps 45:1). the Revised Version (British and American) gives "ready" for "fit" (Pr 24:27), for "asketh" (Mic 7:3), for "prepared" (Mr 14:15), for "not be negligent" (2Pe 1:12).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Prepared, in readiness, fitted. 2. Prompt, quick, expeditious. 3. Apt, expert, dexterous, keen, prompt, nimble, unhesitating, facile, adroit, clever, quick, sharp, smart, skilful, handy. 4. Willing, disposed, inclined, free, cheerful. 5. Near, handy, convenient, commodious, at hand. 6. Easy, opportune, facile, short.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

The ready rhino; money. Cant.

Moby Thesaurus

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