Definition of Equip

E`quip´
v. t.1.To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; - said esp. of ships and of troops.
[imp. & p. p. Equipped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Equipping.]
Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet.
- Ludlow.
2.To dress up; to array; accouter.
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.
- Addison.


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