verb/a.pʁɛ.te/
to prepare, to get ready, prime; to prepare for/to do, to get ready for/to do, to be about to do
“L'humanité s'installe dans la monoculture ; elle s'apprête à produire la civilisation en masse, comme la betterave.” — — Mankind has opted for monoculture; it is in the process of creating a mass civilization, as beetroot is grown in the mass.
Inherited from Old French aprester, corresponding to a- + prêt + -er.