configure

To configure is to set something up, arrange something in a particular way, or fix something up for a particular purpose.

(verb)

When you set up all of your computer preferences to work for you, this is an example of when you configure your computer.

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See configure in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb configured, configuring

  1. to construct or arrange in a certain way
  2. Comput. to arrange the configuration (sense ) of

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See configure in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures
To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: a military vehicle that was configured for rough terrain; configured the computer by setting the system's parameters.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English configuren

Origin: , from Old French configurer

Origin: , from Latin cōnfigūrāre

Origin: : com-, com-

Origin: + figūrāre, to form (from figūra, shape; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots)

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