equip
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See also: Equip.
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”).
Akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip, “ship”). Compare with Old High German scif, German Schiff, Icelandic skip, Old English scip (“ship”), Old Norse skipja (“to fit out a ship”). See ship.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈkwɪp/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪp
- Hyphenation: equip
Verb
equip (third-person singular simple present equips, present participle equipping, simple past equipped, past participle equipped or (archaic) equipt)
- (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)
- 1921, Rafael Sabatini, In Destiny's Clutch:
- it is no more than proper that you should equip us with a vessel in which to pursue the journey which you interrupted
- 1916, “Indicator Tells Pursuing Police Speed of Automobile”, in Popular Science Monthly/Volume 88:
- A semicircular plate, with the numbers in multiples of five up to thirty miles an hour, is equipped with a pointer, which indicates accurately the speed of the car.
- 1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs
- Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet.
- (transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.
- 1711 July 13 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “MONDAY, July 2, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 129; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
- 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.
- (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
- (transitive, gaming) To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
- 2002, Prima Temp Authors, PlayStation 2: Hot Strategies for Cool Games, page 69:
- Take it down from a distance with a magic spell, or equip your sword and attack it at close range.
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Translations
to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task
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to dress up
to prepare (someone) with a skill
gaming: to equip oneself with (an item)
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Noun
equip (uncountable)
References
“equip”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Noun
equip m (plural equips)
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Further reading
- “equip” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “equip”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “equip” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “equip” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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