arranging

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arranging - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  arranging \arranging\ n.
     the act of arranging a piece of music.
  
     Syn: arrangement.
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  Arrange \Ar*range"\, v. t. [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, v. t.]
     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.
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              So [they] came to the market place, and there he
              arranged his men in the streets.      --Berners.
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              [They] were beginning to arrange their hampers.
                                                    --Boswell.
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              A mechanism previously arranged.      --Paley.
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     2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to
        arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.
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     Syn: Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.
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arranging - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  arranging
      n 1: the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music [syn:
           arrangement, arranging, transcription]