ARRANGE, ARRANGED, ARRANGEMENT, ARRANGING
ADJECTIVES
1300 ► BESTEAD → BESTED arranged, settled, constituted → obs.
1398 ► ORDINATE arranged, ordered, disposed; destined, appointed → obs.
1820 ► ORDONNANT that arranges, or puts in order → rare
M19 ► COCUM → COKUM arranged satisfactorily; sorted out → sl.
1929 ► IN THE CAN arranged or agreed → colloq.
1935 ► WRAPPED → WRAPPED-UP carefully arranged; carefully prepared; entirely in order → services’ usage
1940 ► BUTTONED arranged successfully; in order, sorted out → sl.
1960 ► JACKED UP arranged, sorted out, ‘fixed’ → NZ sl.
NOUNS
1330 ► PURVEYANCE an arranging or preparing; preparation → obs.
1425 ► TAILLIE → TAILYE arrangement, fixture → Sc. obs.
1658 ► ORDINATION an arranging, ordering, or disposing in ranks or order; the condition of being ordered or arranged
1674 ► RANGEMENT arrangement → obs. rare
1776 ► BANDOBAST → BUNDOBUST an arrangement, a settlement; preparation
19C ► TED an arranging, setting right, putting in order → Sc.
NOUNS, PERSON
1935 ► TIN MITTENS a person who arranges something at a high price → US criminals’ sl.
VERBS
1205 ► BETEE to arrange, to bring about, to manage → obs.
1225 ► BETHINK to arrange, to devise, to contrive, to plan → obs.
1290 ► ORDAIN to arrange in rows or ranks, or other regular order; esp. to draw up in order of battle; to set in array → obs.
1300 ► PURVEY to arrange in advance; to prepare; to plan → obs.
1300 ► SKIFT to arrange, to devise, to manage, or order something → obs.
1300 ► TIFF to arrange, to put in order; to prepare, to make, to construct → obs.
1310 ► RAIL to arrange, to set in order or array; to regulate → obs.
1315 ► TAIL to arrange, to settle, to fix a matter; to decide or determine in a specified way → obs.
1375 ► ADDRESS to arrange, to set in order; to put things ‘straight’ or ‘to rights’ → obs.
1375 ► TAILYE → TAILZIE to arrange, to determine, to settle, to appoint → Sc. obs.
1387 ► TO-SET to arrange, to distribute, to divide → obs.
1552 ► SUIT to arrange in a set, sequence, or series; to set in due order, to sort out → obs.
1627 ► LAY to arrange, to contrive → obs.
1635 ► FAIT to arrange, to fit; to arrange → obs.
1641 ► DESS to arrange neatly; to pile up in orderly fashion layer after layer → Eng. dial.
1691 ► ECONOMIZE to arrange, to constitute, to organize → obs.
1721 ► MODEL to arrange, to organize → Eng. dial. obs.
1787 ► REDD to arrange, to set in order; to prepare; to tidy, to clean up → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1828 ► LAY OUT to arrange, to intend, to plan → Amer. dial.
1879 ► SCHEME to arrange, to contrive, to manage → Eng. dial.
1889 ► FACULATE to arrange, to put in order → Amer. dial.
20C.. ► BUNG ON to arrange, to organize → sl.
1905 ► THINK UP to arrange, to plan, to originate → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► BEVIL to arrange, to manage → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 ► DEACON to arrange (fruit, vegetables, berries, or the like) so that the best appear at the top → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1914 ► VAND to arrange, to contrive, shape, put together properly; to fit or adapt one thing to another → Sc.
1930 ► LAY IT ON THE LINE to arrange, to organize, to plan → Brit. sl.
1930 ► ORGANIZE to arrange at short notice, to ‘fix up’ → sl., orig. military usage
1939 ► JACK UP to arrange, to organize, to contrive; to prepare anything → NZ sl.
1940 ► SACK to arrange, to sort out → US criminals’ sl.
1999 ► TEE UP to make an arrangement → Aust. sl. (Bk.)