Equip

Quick meaning: Equip is a verb meaning (transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.

Meaning

(transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
2. (transitive, gaming) To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
3. (gaming, slang) Equipment (carried by a game character).
4. (transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).

Example Sentences

I'm sorry, but I don't feel equipped to answer that kinda question yet.

1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet.

it is no more than proper that you should equip us with a vessel in which to pursue the journey which you interrupted

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.

Word Forms

• equips
• equipping
• equipped
• equipt

Synonyms for equip

Depending on context, synonyms include apparel, dight, fit out, don, dress, put on.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fit out, outfit, fit, equipment, armament, weaponize.

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