equip
1 Americanverb (used with object)
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to supply with whatever gear or apparatus is needed for use or for any undertaking; fit out, as a ship or army.
They spent several thousand dollars to equip their boat.
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to provide with intellectual or emotional resources; prepare.
Education and travel have equipped her to deal with all sorts of people.
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to dress; array.
He equipped himself in all his finery.
abbreviation
verb
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to furnish with (necessary supplies, etc)
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(usually passive) to provide with abilities, understanding, etc
her son was never equipped to be a scholar
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to dress out; attire
Related Words
See furnish.
Other Word Forms
- equipper noun
- preequip verb (used with object)
- reequip verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of equip
First recorded in 1515–25; from Middle French equiper, Old French esquiper “to fit out, equip,” probably from Old Norse skipa “to put in order, arrange, man (a ship)”
Example Sentences
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And Iran is equipped with weapons it didn’t have then, such as drones.
New investments in research and training could equip the next generation of entrepreneurs to create consumer products such as drone-based motorcycles, Wolff said.
But the ships are designed to operate in the harshest Arctic conditions, equipped for intelligence gathering, search-and-rescue as well as scientific exploration.
From Barron's
The company plans to start delivering that model in the spring, equipped with a limited-time “launch package” that comprises a handful of features, such as a tow package with 4,400 pounds of capacity.
From MarketWatch
Since then, Pivot Bio has been cooking up more efficient microbes and building a distribution network better equipped to advise farmers.
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