equip

¹equip

verb \i-ˈkwip\

equippedequip·ping

Definition of EQUIP

transitive verb

1

: to furnish for service or action by appropriate provisioning <equip an army>

2

: dress, array

3

: to make ready : prepare <wasn't equipped to handle the pressures of the job>

Examples of EQUIP

1. More money was needed to train and equip the troops.
2. Equipped with a hoe and a shovel, I headed for the garden.
3. Her training has equipped her to deal with emergencies.
4. She is well-equipped to deal with emergencies.
5. Those students are not equipped for the challenges of college.

Origin of EQUIP

modification of Anglo-French eskiper, eschiper to load on board a ship, embark, outfit, man, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English scipian equip a ship, scip ship

First Known Use: 1523

Related to EQUIP

Synonyms: qualify, fit, prepare, ready, season, train

Related Words: accustom, adapt, adjust, condition, groom, habituate, shape, tailor; authorize, entitle; empower, enable; educate, indoctrinate, instruct, school, teach, tutor

Near Antonyms: deprive, dispossess, divest, strip

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Rhymes with EQUIP

airship, airstrip, atrip, backflip, blue-chip, call slip, catnip, chiefship, cleft lip, clerkship, corn chip, courtship, cowslip, deanship, death grip, drag strip, dress ship, ear clip, felt-tip, fieldstrip, field trip, filmstrip, fireship, flagship, foul tip, friendship, frostnip, guildship, guilt-trip, gunship, half-slip, handgrip, hardship, harelip, headship, horsewhip, inclip, judgeship, jump ship, kingship, kinship, landslip, let rip, lightship, longship, lordship, Mendip, nonslip, outstrip, oxlip, palship, pink slip, pip-pip, princeship, Q-ship, queenship, roach clip, road trip, rose hip, round-trip, saintship, sales slip, sea whip, sideslip, spaceship, starship, steamship, storeship, strike-slip, take ship, tall ship, thaneship, township, transship, troopship, unship, unzip, V-chip, wardship, warship, white chip, wing tip