Equip
noun, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 Equipment (carried by a game character). slang, uncountable
- 1 To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging). transitive
"1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet."
- 2 provide with abilities or understanding wordnet
- 3 To dress up; to array; to clothe. transitive
"The country are led astray in following the town, and equipped in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode."
- 4 provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose wordnet
- 5 To prepare (someone) with a skill. transitive
"I'm sorry, but I don't feel equipped to answer that kinda question yet."
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- 6 To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use. transitive
"Take it down from a distance with a magic spell, or equip your sword and attack it at close range."
Example
More examples"He wants to equip his son with a good education."
Etymology
From French équiper (“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper (“to embark”); of Germanic origin, most probably from Old Norse skipa (“to man (a ship)”), from Proto-Germanic *skipōną (“to ship, sail, embark”). Compare with Middle High German schipfen, German schiffern, Icelandic skipa, Old English scipian. Doublet of ship.