Citations:MW

sense: Merriam-Webster

• 2001 December 13, "David" <wixenteract.com>, "Re: Information for Tonight", message-ID <9vb76u$l0i$1@bob.news.rcn.net>, chi.general, Usenet [1]:

  G-Bone [Greg Whitman] <gwcs.uchicago.edu> wrote:

  […]

  MW:

  2 : to prepare for use or service; specifically : to prepare for cooking or for the table

• 2003 April 12, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmermidway.uchicago.edu>, "Re: Parts of speech", message-ID <3E98CB8C.62F3BA6D@midway.uchicago.edu>, rec.puzzles, rec.games.trivia, Usenet [2]:

  My money's on "like". MW and AHD have it listed as v., n., adj, adv., conj., and prep.

• 2006 December 2, Brian M. Scott <b.scottcsuohio.edu>, "Re: CRIT: Untitled", message-ID <a86e8xtjh2mi.nv2vbi8kpxb0$.dlg@40tude.net>, rec.arts.sf.composition, Usenet [3]:

  Merriam-Webster OnLine has a slightly more extensive definition than the AHD […]

  MW (1a) and (1b) cover about the same ground as AHD (1) and (2) but divide it up a little differently; […]