A.to get ready, prepare, Hdt., attic
2.to provide, procure, to get up, Dem.
3.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, id=Xen.;—so, π. ὅπως ὡς βέλτισται ἔσονται αἱ ψυχαί Plat.
4.absol. to make one's friend, Dem.
B.Mid. and Pass.:
I.in proper sense of Mid., to get ready or prepare for oneself, Hdt., attic
2.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.
II.in Mid., absol. to prepare oneself, make preparations, Hdt., attic
2.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.
