equipping

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
   • Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet.1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs

   Synonyms:

   apparel, dight, fit out, kit out

2. (transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.
   • 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.1711 July 12 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SUNDAY, July 2, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 129; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New...

   Synonyms:

   don

3. (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
   • I'm sorry, but I don't feel equipped to answer that kinda question yet.
4. (transitive) To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
   • Take it down from a distance with a magic spell, or equip your sword and attack it at close range.2002, Prima Temp Authors, PlayStation 2: Hot Strategies for Cool Games, page 69

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