Equip definition
Troops equipped for battle.
An example of equip is to give laptops to new students for their studies.
Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet. Ludlow.
An education that will equip you to handle such problems.
Origin of equip
- French équiper from Old French esquiper of Germanic origin Old Norse skipa (from skip ship)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary
- Meanings of its derivative "equipage" may have been influenced by Latin equus = "horse".
From Wiktionary