Prepare and Shape

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Prepare verb - To make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function.

Usage example: basic training is intended to prepare raw recruits for active duty in the military

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Shape is a synonym for prepare. In some cases you can use "Shape" instead a verb "Prepare".

Shape verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.

Usage example: a dress shaped to the customer's particular figure

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Prepare is a synonym for shape in develop topic. Sometimes you can use "Prepare" instead a verb "Shape", if it concerns topics such as devise.

Nearby Words: shaped, shapeless, shapely, shaping

humanity	prepare humanity	shape humanity
people	prepare people	shape people
part	prepare part	shape part
body	prepare body	shape body
Other words: society, rest, way, spell, earth, world, weapon, bodies, worlds.

Smart wizards therefore almost always carry technological weapons for killing things, and use their magic more to shape or prepare the battlefield.

Source: Tabletop Game / Rifts
In short, the easier difficulties do not prepare you for the real game in any way shape or form.

Source: Easy-Mode Mockery
When an idea for one comes along, if she doesn't knock it into shape and put it out there, 'I get sick.' Captain Obvious: 'A kitchen is a place where you prepare and clean up!

Source: Music / Throwing Muses

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