readying
Noun
Meaning
the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
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Perhaps things will become worse and then better. Perhaps there's a small god up in heaven readying herself for us. Another world is not only possible, she's on her way. Maybe many of us won't be here to greet her, but on a quiet day, if I listen very carefully, I can hear her breathing.
Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice if they are accepted as the sole, eternal truth.
Someday we'll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, 'Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.' But surely a big distraction was the major speech he was readying for delivery on Aug. 9, his first prime-time address to the nation.
preparations for the ceremony had begun
A charge roller then re-establishes a uniform negative charge on the surface of the now clean drum, readying it to be struck again by the laser.
Additionally, J. Cole is readying his own album for a 2020 release.