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equip

1

[ ih-kwip ]

verb (used with object)

equipped, equipping.
  1. 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.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. to provide with intellectual or emotional resources; prepare:

    Education and travel have equipped her to deal with all sorts of people.

  3. to dress; array:

    He equipped himself in all his finery.



equip.

2

abbreviation for

  1. equipment.

equip

/ ɪˈ°ì·Éɪ±è /

verb

  1. to furnish with (necessary supplies, etc)
  2. usually passive to provide with abilities, understanding, etc

    her son was never equipped to be a scholar

  3. to dress out; attire
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ±ðˈ±ç³Ü¾±±è±è±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð·±ç³Ü¾±±è·±è±ð°ù noun
  • ±è°ù±ð·±ð·±ç³Ü¾±±è verb (used with object) preequipped preequipping
  • °ù±ð·±ð·±ç³Ü¾±±è verb (used with object) reequipped reequipping
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of equip1

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)â€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of equip1

C16: from Old French eschiper to embark, fit out (a ship), of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse skipa to put in order, skip ship
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Synonym Study

See furnish.
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Hezbollah had decided to equip members with low-tech pagers for communicating rather than smartphones which it feared could be used by Israel, its arch-enemy, to gather sensitive information about the group.

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Yet the Bruins have tried to balance the new world of college sports while holding true to the program’s long-standing mission to teach, mentor and equip players for life beyond UCLA.

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Law firms have also used drones equipped with cameras to get a closer look.

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It is also equipped with an emergency ballistic parachute to bring the aircraft and passengers down safely.

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Good thing for them that in last year’s World Series most New York Yankees hitters had yet to equip themselves with the bat conceived by an MIT physicist turned baseball analytics nerd.

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