equip

1 to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function years of service in the congress and in the cabinet equipped him better than most people for the office of the presidency Synonyms of equip qualify, fit, prepare, ready, season, trainWords Related to equip accustom, adapt, adjust, condition, groom, habituate, shape, tailor; authorize, entitle; empower, enable; educate, indoctrinate, instruct, school, teach, tutor

2 to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity a visit to a ski shop to equip ourselves for a week of skiing in the Rockies Synonyms of equip accoutre (or accouter), furnish, fit (out), gird, kit (up or out) [chiefly British], outfit, provision, rig, supplyWords Related to equip stock, store; bestow, contribute, donate, give, present; apportion, deal (out), dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, mete (out), parcel (out), portion, prorate; allocate, allot, assign; arm, fortify, prepare; reequip, refit, refurnish, reoutfitNear Antonyms of equip deprive, dispossess, divest, strip