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Configure

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. 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.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To form; dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape; make like in form or figure.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. set up for a particular purpose

Word Usage

"Among the more notable, he says, is Conficker, which is thought to be a combination of the English word configure and the German word ficker, which is obscene."

Verb Form

configured configures configuring

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

assemble tack together put together set up tack piece

Form

configured configuring configurable

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

disfigure figure reconfigure