ready (red i)

and n. [ E. -yl); = OFries. rede, red D. ree = MLG. rēde, reide, rēt, reit, LG. rede, reed = OHG. bi - reiti, MHG. bereite, be - reit, G. be - reit, ready, prepared, = Icel. g - reithr (* ga reithr ), ready (whence ult. E. graith, grade2 ), = OSw. red a, Sw. be - red = Dan. rede, be -redt, ready; perhaps = Goth. garaids, set, appointed; ef. raidjan, appoint, ga - raidjan, enjoin, command, ga - raideins, an ordinance, rule, authority. Otherwise akin to Icel. reithi, harne , outfit, gear, implements; or to AS., etc., rid an (pret. rād ), ride, rad, a riding, expedition: see ride, road, raid. Hence, in comp., already, and ult. array, curry1, ray3, raiment, etc.].] I. a. 1. Completely prepared, as for immediate action or use, or for present requirement; suitably equipped, ordered, red, or arranged; in proper trim or condition. Comaund, sir kyng, that a clene nauy Be redy to rode on the rugh see, All well for the werre, with wight men ynogh. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2549. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Mat. xxii. 4. Be ready , Claudio, for your death to-morrow. Shak., M. for M., iii. 1. 107. 21. Dre ed. 4984 Up ryseth fre he Canacee hir-selue, Noon hyer was he [the sun) whan she redy was. Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 379. The French leap over the walls in their shirts. Enter, several ways, Alençon and Reignier, ready , Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 1 (stage direction). half unready. Bid my wife make herself ready handsomely, And put on her best apron. reafforestation = A good ready, a state of being fully ready or prepared; a good condition of readine . [Colloq.] ready (red'i), v . t .; pret. and pp. readied , ppr. readying . [ redien , redyen (= D. reeden , prepare, dre , = MLG. rēden , reiden MHG. reiten , reiden ; cf. ME. beredien = G. be - reiten = Sw. be - red a = Dan. be - rede , prepare, get ready, etc.); ready , a . ] 1. To make ready; put into prepare. [Obsolete or archaic.] Mark xiv. 38. A persecutor who inflicts nothing which he is not ready to endure deserves some respect. Macaulay , Hallam's Const. Hist. 4. Prepared by what has gone before; brought to a fit state or condition; not unlikely; immediately liable: with an infinitive. me. The ble ing of him that was ready to perish came upon Job xxix. 13. Our king, being ready to leap out of himself for joy of his found daughter,... cries, "O, thy mother!" Shak ., W. T., v. 2. 54. The miserable prisoner is ready to famish. Dekker, Seven Deadly Sins, p. 45. 5. Already prepared or provided; available for present use or requirement; immediately at hand or within reach; opportune: as, a ready means of escape; a ready way. And the olde knyght seide that he sholde do sette ther a cheyer, that euer more sholde be redy for the knyght in to sitte that sholde be so trewe in lovynge whan he were Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 362. come. It sometimes cometh to pa that the readiest way which a wise man hath to conquer is to fly. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, Pref. Nine-score and seventeen pounds of which he made five marks, ready money. Shak ., M. for M., iv. 3. 7. He pays in ready guineas very liberally. Swift , Letter, May 13, 1727. 6. Prompt in action or movement; expert; dexterous; facile. Ready in gibes, quick-answer'd, saucy, and As quarrel ous as the weasel. Thare-fore what-so-euer thou bee that redies the for to lufe Gode, haue in mynde besely for to halde the name of Thesu in thi mynde. Hampole , Prose Treatises (E. E. T. S.), p. 3. And, having readied all these costly things, In a poore pedlers tru e he packs his wares. Heywood , Troia Britannica (1609). ( Nares . ) 21. To direct. For, for the gretne e of the Erthe and of the See, men may go be a 1000 and a 1000 other weyes, that no man cowde redye him perfitely toward the parties that he cam fro, but zif it were be aventure and happ, or be the grace of God. Mandeville , Travels, p. 185. ready-made (red'i-mād), a . 1. Previously made and now ready for use; furnished or obtained in a formed state; specifically, in trade, made ready for chance sale, and not made to order for a particular person: as, ready - made clothing; ready - made opinions or excuses. When he hears The tale of horror, to some ready - made face Of hypocritical a ent he turns. Shelley, Queen Mab, iii. IMG:content-1700.png:[blocks in formation] [ Ready is much used in compounds, with participles and sometimes nouns, or in combinations that are properly compounds: as, ready -made; ready - cooked, etc.]-Mak ing ready, in printing, the proce of preparation for taking regular impre ions from a form on the pre . It includes the adjustment of the form on the pre , the proper distribution of the pre ure on type and cuts by means of underlays and overlays, and the adaptation of ink to paper.-Ready about. See about. - Ready money. Sce money. To make ready. (a) To prepare; set in order. Whiche the ffryers kepte and ther the i made the redy in ornaments and began ther a very solempne proce ion. Torkington, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 41. They sit downe at tables, and then must the Bridegrome make triall of his breast in singing a long prayer: others in the meane time call to make readie the hens. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 214. (bt) To dre . While Master Mathew reads, Bobadill makes himself ready. B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, i. 4. Go, and make thee ready straight In all thy best attire. B. Jonson , Volpone, ii. 3. A man may make him ready in such clothes Without a candle. Middle ton (and others ), The Widow, iii. 3. Syn. Ready , Easy ; disposed, apt, expert, handy, skil. ful, clever, smart; expeditious, unhesitating. many of the meanings of ready convey the idea of a movement of mind, and especially a consent of the will, that there is a tendency to use other words where disposition is not included. Hence it is better to say this may easily be seen, than this may readily be seen. See quotation from Locke under readily. Easy of approach; easy to be done; ready to hear. All the senses of ready, active or pa ive, grow out of that of being prepared. II. n. 1. Ready money; cash: usually with the definite article. [Slang.] Lord Strutt was not flush in ready , either to to or clear old debts. Arbuthnot, Hist. John Bull. ( Latham.) 2. The condition of being ready. [Colloq.] 3. The position of a soldier's weapon following the command "Make ready!" or "Ready!" [Colloq.] [The hunter] beats patiently and noisele ly from the leeward.. with his rifle at the ready . T. Roosevelt, Hunting Trips, p. 119. chimney to support the pot-hook. It is now commonly of iron, but was formerly made of wood. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] ready-reckoner (red"i-rek'nėr), n. A book of tabulated calculations, giving the value of any number of things from the lowest monetary unit upward, as also the interest on any sum of money for any period from a day upward, etc.; a book of tables to facilitate calculations. I could almost think from the preface (but such deductions are very deceptive) that the earliest of the books which are now called ready reckoners , meaning those which have totals at given prices ready cast up, was the following: London 1693. Wm. Leyborn. Panarithmologia; being a mirror for merchants, a brieviate for bankers, a treasure for tradesmen, a mate for mechanics, and a sure guide for purchasers, sellers, or mortgagers of land, leases, annuities, rents, pensions, etc., in present po e ion or reversion, and a constant concomitant fitted for all men's occasions. De Morgan. The Clerk in East cheap cannot spend the day in verifying his Ready - Reckoner ; he must take it as verified, true and indisputable. Carlyle .