Definition: arrange

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

arrange
     v 1: put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the flowers
          in the vase" [syn: set up] [ant: disarrange]
     2: make arrangements for; "Arrange a party for the newly-weds"
     3: make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the
        President?" [syn: fix up]
     4: plan, organize, and carry out (an event) [syn: stage, bring
        about]
     5: set into a specific format; of printed matter; "Format this
        letter so it can be printed out" [syn: format]
     6: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn:
        dress, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure]
     7:  adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to
        music" [syn: set]
     8: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my
        schedule;" "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with
        those of bygone times" [syn: set up, put, order]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.

            So [they] came to the market place, and there he
            arranged his men in the streets.      --Berners.

            [They] were beginning to arrange their hampers.
                                                  --Boswell.

            A mechanism previously arranged.      --Paley.

   2. To adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to
      arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.

   Syn: Adjust; adapt; range; dispose; classify.