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Definitions of equip

1. To dress up; to array; accouter. Webster Dictionary DB

2. 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. Webster Dictionary DB

3. To furnish or fit out for any undertaking; prepare or qualify; to dress. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

4. To fit out: to furnish with everything needed for any service or work:-pr.p. equipping; pa.p. equipped'. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

5. To dress; furnish; fit out. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

6. To furnish; fit out; dress; array. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

7. provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

8. To dress; to furnish with what is necessary for any service; to furnish with arms or with men, artillery, and munitions of war; to fit for sea. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

9. To fit out; to furnish with whatever is necessary. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

10. Equipping. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

11. Equipment. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

12. Equipped. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

Usage examples for equip

1. If we do not learn a lesson from the Santiago campaign- if we continue to equip feed, and manage our armies in the field as we equipped, fed, and managed the Fifth Army- Corps in Cuba- our newly acquired tropical possessions will cost us more in pensions than they will ever produce in revenue. – Campaigning in Cuba by George Kennan

2. It has been introduced in many places and already results have been attained which demonstrate that it is possible to introduce practical activity in such a way as to afford the child a sound development- physically, intellectually, and morally- and at the same time equip him for efficient social service. – The Later Cave-Men by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp