Equip /(?)/

E·quip

Equip

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Equipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Equipping

  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.
    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.