παρασκευάζω fut. άσω Pass., perf. παρεσκεύασμαι Ionic 3rd pl. plup. παρεσκευάδατο παρασκευή to get ready, prepare, Hdt., Attic to provide, procure, to get up, Dem. to make or render so and so, with a Part. or adj., π. τινὰ εὖ ἔχοντα, π. τινὰ ὅτι βέλτιστον Xen.; c. inf., π. τινὰ ὡς μὴ ποιεῖν to accustom him not to do, Xen.;—so, π. ὅπως ὡς βέλτισται ἔσονται αἱ ψυχαί Plat. absol. to make oneʼs friend, Dem. Mid. and Pass.: in proper sense of Mid., to get ready or prepare for oneself, Hdt., Attic in Oratt. to procure witnesses and partisans, so as to obtain a false verdict (cf. παρασκευή 1. 3):—absol. to form a party, intrigue, Dem.:—so in Act., Xen. in Mid., absol. to prepare oneself, make preparations, Hdt., Attic perf. παρεσκεύασμαι is mostly pass. to be ready, be prepared, Hdt., Attic; παρεσκευάσθαι τί to be provided with a thing, Plat.:—impers., ὡς παρεσκεύαστο when preparations had been made, Thuc.