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equipped

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e⋅quip

  [i-kwip]
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–verb (used with object), e⋅quipped, e⋅quip⋅ping.
1. to furnish or provide with whatever is needed for use or for any undertaking; fit out, as a ship or army: They spent several thousand dollars to equip their boat.
2. to dress; array: He equipped himself in all his finery.
3. to furnish with intellectual or emotional resources; prepare: Education and travel have equipped her to deal with all sorts of people.
Origin:
1515–25; < MF equiper, OF esquiper to fit out, equip, prob. < ON skipa to put in order, arrange, man (a ship)

Related forms:
e⋅quip⋅per, noun

Synonyms:
1. outfit, rig. See furnish.
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e·quip   (ĭ-kwĭp')   
tr.v.   e·quipped, e·quip·ping, e·quips

    1. To supply with necessities such as tools or provisions.

    2. To furnish with the qualities necessary for performance: an education that will equip you to handle such problems. See Synonyms at furnish.

  2. To dress up.


[French équiper, from Old French esquiper, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse skipa (from skip, ship).]
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Word Origin & History

equip 
1523, from M.Fr. equiper "to fit out," from O.Fr. esquiper "fit out a ship," probably from O.N. skipa "fit out a ship," from skip "ship." Equipment is attested from 1717; earlier word was equipage.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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