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Webster 1913 Edition

Equip

E-quip′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Equipped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Equipping
.]
[F.
équiper
to supply, fit out, orig. said of a ship, OF.
esquiper
to embark; of German origin; cf. OHG.
scif
, G.
schiff
, Icel.
skip
, AS.
scip
. See
Ship
.]
1.
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.
Dryden.
Gave orders for
equipping
a considerable fleet.
Ludlow.
2.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Equip

EQUIP'

,
Verb.
T.
1.
Properly, to dress; to habit. Hence, to furnish with arms, or a complete suit of arms, for military service. Thus we say, to equip men or troops for war; to equip a body of infantry or cavalry. But the word seems to include not only arms, but clothing, baggage, utensils, tents, and all the apparatus of an army, particularly when applied to a body of troops. Hence, to furnish with arms and warlike apparatus; as, to equip a regiment.
2.
To furnish with men, artillery and munitions of war, as a ship. Hence, in common language, to fit for sea; to furnish with whatever is necessary for a voyage.

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equip

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English

Verb

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

  1. (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.
    Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet. Ludlow.
  2. (transitive) 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.
  3. (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill

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Etymology

From French équipe.

Noun

equip m ‎(plural equips)

  1. team

Etymology

From French équiper ‎(“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper ‎(“to embark”); of Germanic origin, most probably from Proto-Germanic *skipōną ‎(“to ship, sail, embark”); akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 ‎(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".

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈkwɪp/

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