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.

Source : WordNet®

arrange
     v 1: put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on
          the shelves in chronological order" [syn: {set up}]
          [ant: {disarrange}]
     2: make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the
        President?" [syn: {fix up}]
     3: plan, organize, and carry out (an event) [syn: {stage}, {bring
        about}]
     4: set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this
        letter so it can be printed out" [syn: {format}]
     5: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn:
        {dress}, {set}, {do}, {coif}, {coiffe}, {coiffure}]
     6: adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to
        music" [syn: {set}]
     7: 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}]