equip
verb (used with object)
to supply with whatever gear or apparatus is needed for use or for any undertaking; fit out, as a ship or army.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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"I must go," said Colina finally, "or father will be equipping an armed force to take me."
From The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest by Hulbert Footner