apprêter

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French aprester, corresponding to a- +‎ prêt +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pʁɛ.te/ ~ /a.pʁe.te/
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Verb

apprêter

  1. (transitive) to prepare, to get ready, prime
  2. (reflexive, followed by à) to prepare for/to do, to get ready for/to do, to be about to do
    • 1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, chapter VII, in Tristes Tropiques, Plon, published 1993, →ISBN, page 67; republished as John & Doreen Weightman, transl., Tristes Tropiques, Penguin, 2011, →ISBN:
      L’humanité s’installe dans la monoculture ; elle s’apprête à produire la civilisation en masse, comme la betterave.
      — Mankind has opted for monoculture; it is in the process of creating a mass civilization, as beetroot is grown in the mass.

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