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Definition of Equip
1. Verb. Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose. "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"
Specialized synonyms: Rig, Set, Set Up, Mechanise, Mechanize, Motorise, Motorize, Fuse, Collar, Spur, Fin, Motorize, Motorize, Stock, Horseshoe, Turn Out, Instrument, Muzzle, Kit, Kit Out, Kit Up, Appoint, Re-equip, Rejig, Refit, Armor, Armour, Accouter, Accoutre, Wire, Shaft, Spar, Stave, Adorn, Clothe, Invest, Commission
Generic synonyms: Furnish, Provide, Render, Supply
Derivative terms: Equipage, Equipment, Equipping, Fitting, Outfit, Outfit, Outfitter, Outfitting
2. Verb. Provide with abilities or understanding. "She was never equipped to be a dancer"
Definition of Equip
1. v. t. 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 esp. of ships and of troops.
Definition of Equip
1. Verb. (transitive) 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. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To dress up; to array; accouter. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Equip
1. to provide with whatever is needed [v EQUIPPED, EQUIPPING, EQUIPS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Equip
Literary usage of Equip
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Correspondence Concerning Claims Against Great Britain: Transmitted to the by United States Dept. of State (1870)
"nd endeavor to equip" for "did equip." Thirty-first count, same as seventh count,
substituting "did attempt and endeavor to equip" lor " did equip. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"... in that It negligently and carelessly failed and neglected to equip iu engine
with spark arresters and other appliances to prevent the escape of are and ..."
3. A Treatise on the Federal Employers' Liability and Safety Appliance Acts by William Wheeler Thornton (1909)
"Failure to equip car a continuing negligence. 168. ... A failure to properly
equip a car with automatic brakes used in interstate commerce is a continuing ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads: Containing a Consideration of the ...by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott (1922)
"Duty to provide and equip trains with modern and improved appliances.—A railroad
carrier is bound to exercise a high degree of care to secure and use the ..."
5. Shippers and Carriers of Interstate and Intrastate Freight by Edgar Watkins (1920)
"... travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged ;u interstate
commerce 10 equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes ..."
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