configure

[kuh n-fig-yer] /kənˈfɪg yər/
verb (used with object), configured, configuring.
1.
to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose:
The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
2.
Computers.
  1. to put together (a computer or computer system) by supplying, arranging, or connecting a specific set of internal or external components:
    My next laptop will be configured for gaming with a fast processor and lots of memory.
  2. to set up (a software program or device) for a particular computer, computer system, or task:
    to configure the printer for a wireless network.
Origin
back formation from configuration
Related forms
configurable, adjective
preconfigure, verb (used with object), preconfigured, preconfiguring.
Examples from the web for configure
  • Install, configure, and troubleshoot the server hardware and the software components of a network with little or no direction.
  • Visitors to the store can configure a car and arrange a test drive.
  • Depending on what kind of books you want to fix-up, you may have to configure these plugins.
  • Easy to configure in both automatic and manual modes.
  • Here inside the app, you configure the card to transfer to and from your various devices.
  • Here you are supposed to take chances to configure your path filled with patience,emotion's and faith.
  • Admittedly this would be a difficult experiment to configure.
  • Readers can configure the site so that it shows them only comments rated, say, three or higher.
  • Users need to be computer-savvy to configure their connection.
  • Hardware makers are already working on other ways to configure a device.
British Dictionary definitions for configure

configure

/ˌkənˈfɪɡə/
verb (transitive)
1.
to arrange or organize
2.
(computing) to set up (a piece of hardware or software) as required
Word Origin and History for configure
v.

late 14c., from Latin configurare "to fashion after a pattern," from con- "together" (see com-) + figurare "to form, shape," from figura "a shape, form, figure" (see figure (n.)).

configure in Technology
software
A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc.
Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. Richard Pixley in collaboration with Richard Stallman. In 1994, David MacKenzie and others modified autoconf to incorporate all the features of Cygnus configure and many GNU programs, including gcc now use autoconf.
Metaconfig is a similar program used in building Perl.
(https://airs.com/ian/configure).
(2005-04-15)