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configure
 
SYLLABICATION:con·fig·ure
PRONUNCIATION:  kn-fgyr
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures
To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: a military vehicle that was configured for rough terrain; configured the computer by setting the system's parameters.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English configuren, from Old French configurer, from Latin cnfigrre : com-, com- + figrre, to form (from figra, shape; see dheigh- in Appendix I).
 
 
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