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equip
1[ ih-kwip ]
verb (used with object)
- to supply with whatever gear or apparatus is needed for use or for any undertaking; fit out, as a ship or army:
They spent several thousand dollars to equip their boat.
- to provide with intellectual or emotional resources; prepare:
Education and travel have equipped her to deal with all sorts of people.
- to dress; array:
He equipped himself in all his finery.
equip.
2abbreviation for
- equipment.
equip
/ ɪˈkwɪp /
verb
- to furnish with (necessary supplies, etc)
- usually passive to provide with abilities, understanding, etc
her son was never equipped to be a scholar
- to dress out; attire
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Derived Forms
- eˈquipper, noun
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Other Words From
- e·quip·per noun
- pre·e·quip verb (used with object) preequipped preequipping
- re·e·quip verb (used with object) reequipped reequipping
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Word History and Origins
Origin of equip1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of equip1
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Example Sentences
In September, Congress authorized the train-and-equip mission in Syria as part of a larger spending package.
Congress authorized the train-and-equip mission in mid-September, but two months later, recruitment has not even begun.
Irritated members of Congress say that the authorization of the train-and-equip mission is merely about optics.
Officials and experts acknowledge that the plan to train and equip a new rebel army from scratch will take years.
He then called on Congress to authorize a program to train and equip 5,000 rebels per year in Saudi Arabia, which they did.
To equip a dull, respectable person with wings would be but to make a parody of an angel.
If you fail at some point, then arms enough to equip a brigade of Mexican rebels may cross the river to-night.
We have plenty of money saved to equip you, and maintain you well for a year or so; but after that you may require more.
Some, however, remained behind, to equip and despatch reinforcements as men continued to arrive asking to be enrolled.
It took years to train a legionnaire and a lot of money to equip an army and keep it in the field.
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