Configures

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Arranges or adapts equipment or software to work in a particular way
2. Prepares a device or program by adjusting settings for its intended use
3. Customizes the setup of hardware or software to fulfill specific requirements

Etymology: "Configures" is the third-person singular present form of "configure," so its history is that of the verb itself. "Configure" comes from Old French "configurer," which took it from the Latin "configurare," meaning to shape or form something according to a pattern. The Latin root combines "con-," meaning together, with "figurare," to shape or give form, from "figura," a figure or shape. Its underlying sense is therefore arranging parts into a particular form. For most of its history the verb meant shaping or arranging something in a specific pattern, a sense that remained close to its Latin roots. The modern computing sense of setting up hardware or software to meet particular needs is a much later extension of that idea of arranging parts into a desired form.

Synonyms: arranges, sets up, organizes, designs, structures

Antonyms: disarranges, disorganizes, destroys, dismantles, confuses