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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1375|origins=fro arengier}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈreɪndʒ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fro|arengier|t=to put in a row, in battle order]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from a-, to (Latin ad-), and rangier, to set in a row,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from rang, [[rank]], from Frankish *hring, ring (see [[range]] and [[ring]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To draw up in ranks or a line of battle: 1375, in Barbour's Bruce.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a rare word until about 1780–1800, when the meaning widened to placing things in order;^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) to come to an agreement is by 1786,^(Etymonline) and to adapt music for other instruments or voices by 1808.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) ''Arranged marriage'' is attested by 1854.^(Etymonline) ''Arrangement'' is from 1727–51, in Chambers's Cyclopaedia.^(Barnhart 1988) The doubled r was an attempt to restore what was thought to be a Latin form.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1375 – to draw up in ranks.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1727–51 – arrangement.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1786 – to come to an agreement.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1791 – to put in order.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1808 – to arrange music.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1854 – arranged marriage.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To put into a proper or orderly [[order]] or position.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To plan or prepare for in advance.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To come to an agreement about; to [[settle]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To adapt a piece of [[music]] for other instruments or voices.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[arranger]]

+ * [[arrangeable]]

+ * [[disarrange]]

+ * [[misarrange]]

+ * [[overarrange]]

+ * [[rearrange]]

+ * [[prearrange]]

+ * [[unarranged]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[arrangement]]

+ * [[ring]]

+ * [[range]]

+ * [[rank]]

+ * [[derange]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}