părĭto, āre, v. freq. a. [1. paro], to prepare, get ready, be about to do a thing (Plautin.): quo nunc ire paritas? Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 64. With ut: ecquas viginti minas Paritas ut a med auferas? Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 71.