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equip

/ɪˈkwɪp/

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What does equip mean?

verb

  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).
  2. To dress up; to array; to clothe.
  3. To prepare (someone) with a skill.
More meanings (2)

verb

  1. To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.

noun

  1. (slang) Equipment (carried by a game character).

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IPA pronunciation

/ɪˈkwɪp/

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Efforts are now being made to equip the military type of aeroplane with both forward and astern firing guns.
Frederick Arthur Ambrose TalbotAeroplanes and Dirigibles of WarProject Gutenberg ebook #793
Otherwise it might be possible to equip and operate aeroplanes satisfactorily with engines of 15 horsepower, or even less.
William J. (William James) Jackman; Octave Chanute; Thomas Herbert RussellFlying Machines: Construction and Operation A Practical Book Which Shows, in Illustrations, Working Plans and Text, How to Build and Navigate the Modern AirshipProject Gutenberg ebook #907
More book examples (3)
The Moose are mostly working men, and so they equip their wards for industrial life, and then place them on the job.
James J. (James John) DavisThe Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ItProject Gutenberg ebook #1297
For this reason it is necessary to equip a machine with a very long, narrow plane, rather than with a comparatively broad but short plane.
William J. ClaxtonThe mastery of the airProject Gutenberg ebook #777
Unremitting exertions were made to equip the ships which he had chosen, and especially to refit the VICTORY, which was once more to bear his flag.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947