English Explanatory Dictionary

equip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
  2. To dress up; to array; to clothe.
  3. To prepare (someone) with a skill.
  4. To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
noun
  1. Equipment (carried by a game character).

Pronunciation

/ɪˈkwɪp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-equip.wav /ɛˈk(j)up/

Word forms

equip equips equipping equipped equipt

Etymology

From French équiper (“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper (“to embark”); of Germanic origin, most probably from Old Norse skipa (“to man (a ship)”), from Proto-Germanic *skipōną (“to ship, sail, embark”). Compare with Middle High German schipfen, German schiffern, Icelandic skipa, Old English scipian. Doublet of ship.

Synonyms

dress put on apparel dight fit out kit out don

Related words

equipment equipage

Derived words

bind on equip equipable equipper overequip re-equip reequip underequip unequip
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