equip

e·quip

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verb

Equip is defined as to provide necessary items, training, etc. for a certain purpose.

An example of equip is to give laptops to new students for their studies.

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equip

transitive verb

equipped′, equip′ping

to provide with what is needed; outfit: troops equipped for battle
to prepare by training, instruction, etc.
to dress (oneself) for a certain purpose

Origin of equip

French équiper from Old French esquiper, to embark, put out to sea, probably from Old Norse skipa, to arrange, make ready from skip, ship

equipment

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equip

transitive verb

e·quipped, e·quip·ping, e·quips

To supply with necessities such as tools or provisions. See Synonyms at furnish.
To furnish (someone) with the qualities necessary for performance; prepare: 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 )

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present equips, present participle equipping, simple past equipped, past participle equipped or equipt)

To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said especially of ships and of troops. Dryden.
Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet. Ludlow.
To dress up; to array; accouter.
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. Addison.
To prepare (someone) with a skill

Anagrams

pique, piqué

Origin

From French équiper (“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper (“to embark”); of Germanic origin; akin to Gothic (skip, “ship”). Compare with Old High German scif, German Schiff, Icelandic skip, Old English scip "ship", Old Norse skipja "to fit out a ship". See ship.

Meanings of its derivative "equipage" may have been influenced by Latin equus = "horse".

Noun

(law) Abbreviation of equipment.

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431.

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