3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.
I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts xxi.
13.
If need be, I am ready to forego
And quit.
Milton. 4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a
ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. "Ready in devising expedients." Macaulay.
Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly.
Sir W. Scott. 5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy. "The readiest way." Milton.
A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground,
The readiest weapon that his fury found.
Dryden. 6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; — with a following infinitive.
My heart is ready to crack.
Shak. 7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and
held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.
All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared. "[I] am all redy at your hest." Chaucer.
— Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. "'T is all the ready money fate can give." Cowley.
— Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc. — To
make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness.
Syn. — Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous; apt; skillful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune; fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful.
See Prompt.
Ready
(Read"y) adv. In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.
We ourselves will go ready armed.
Num. xxxii. 17. Ready
(Read"y), n. Ready money; cash; — commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready.
[Slang]
Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law, or to clear old debts.
Arbuthnot. Ready
(Read"y), v. t. To dispose in order. [Obs.] Heywood.
Ready-made
(Read"y-made`) a. Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as,
ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.
Ready-witted
(Read"y-wit`ted) a. Having ready wit.
Reaffirm
(Re`af*firm") v. t. To affirm again.
Reaffirmance
(Re`af*firm"ance) Reaffirmation
(Re*af`fir*ma"tion) n. A second affirmation.
Reafforest
(Re`af*for"est) v. t. To convert again into a forest, as a region of country.
Reafforestation
(Re`af*for`es*ta"tion) n. The act or process of converting again into a forest.
Reagent
(Re*a"gent) n. (Chem.) A substance capable of producing with another a reaction, especially
when employed to detect the presence of other bodies; a test.
