Ready /(rĕd"y̆)/

Read·y

Ready

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey.
Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished.
My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
— Matt. xxii. 4.
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.
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.
Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly.
— Sir W. Scott.
Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy.
A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, The readiest weapon that his fury found.
— Dryden.
On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.
My heart is ready to crack.
— Shak.
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. (Mil.)

All ready: ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared.
Ready money: means of immediate payment; cash.
Ready reckoner: a book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc.
To make ready: to make preparation; to get in readiness.

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 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.

v. t.