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”).
Compare with Middle High German schipfen, German schiffern, Icelandic skipa, Old English scipian. Doublet of ship.
Meanings
(slang, uncountable) Equipment (carried by a game character).
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”).
Compare with Middle High German schipfen, German schiffern, Icelandic skipa, Old English scipian. Doublet of ship.
Meanings
(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).
Some of those neighbors will also have Meraki boxes that serve as repeaters, relaying the signal still farther to more neighbors. The company equips its boxes with software that maintains a “mesh network,” which dynamically reroutes signals as boxes are added or unplugged, and as environmental conditions that affect network performance fluctuate moment to moment. 2007 February 4, Randall Stross, “Wireless Internet for All, Without the Towers”, in The New York Times:
1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs
Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet.
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. 1916, “Indicator Tells Pursuing Police Speed of Automobile”, in Popular Science Monthly/Volume 88:
More than 40,000 would-be migrants to Europe have been intercepted at sea since Italy began paying and equipping the Libyan coastguard to do so in 2017. 2020 February 13, Roland Oliphant, “'I have lost four years of my life': the desperate migrants stuck in squalid Libyan camps”, in The Telegraph:
(transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.
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. 1711 July 12 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SUNDAY, 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:
(transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
it is no more than proper that you should equip us with a vessel in which to pursue the journey which you interrupted 1921, Rafael Sabatini, In Destiny's Clutch:
I'm sorry, but I don't feel equipped to answer that kinda question yet.
Already in the primary school work is conducted for the purpose of equipping the pupils with those elements of general knowledge which are closely related to the military preparation of future warriors. 1947 October 20, “Russian Catechism”, in Time:
(transitive) To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
Take it down from a distance with a magic spell, or equip your sword and attack it at close range. 2002, Prima Temp Authors, PlayStation 2: Hot Strategies for Cool Games, page 69:
dight (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · put on · apparel (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · kit out (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · fit out (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · don (to dress up) · dress
Translations (54)
kea ikipa (to dress up) · it equipaggiare (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · mk зе́ме (gaming: to equip oneself with (an item)) · es dotar (to prepare (someone) with a skill) · bg тренирам (to prepare (someone) with a skill) · gl equiparse (gaming: to equip oneself with (an item)) · mk сна́бди (to dress up) · la ornō (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · nl uitrusten (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · gd uidheamaich (to prepare (someone) with a skill) · es equiparse (to dress up) · es equiparse (gaming: to equip oneself with (an item)) · tr donatmak (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · la armō (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · ja 装着 (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · ka აღჭურვა (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · ka აღჭურვავს (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · la armō (to prepare (someone) with a skill) · mk екипи́ра (to dress up) · es equipar (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · cs vystrojit (to dress up) · bg екипирам (to dress up) · mi whakarawe (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · pl wyposażyć (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · mk по́дготви (to prepare (someone) with a skill) · de ausrüsten (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · fi pukea (to dress up) · kea ikipa (to prepare (someone) with a skill) · eo ekipi (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · mk сна́бди (gaming: to equip oneself with (an item)) · nb utruste (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · gl equipar (to dress up) · pt equipar (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · gd uidheamaich (to dress up) · gl esquipar (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · de anlegen (gaming: to equip oneself with (an item)) · la armō (to dress up) · sv utrusta (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · pt equipar (to dress up) · de ausstatten (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · fi tarjota (to prepare (someone) with a skill) · cs vybavit (to prepare (someone) with a skill) · cs vybavit (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · gd uidheamaich (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · mk екипи́ра (gaming: to equip oneself with (an item)) · mk оспо́соби (to prepare (someone) with a skill) · fi opettaa (to prepare (someone) with a skill) · gl equipar (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · es preparar (to prepare (someone) with a skill) · bg обзавеждам (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · fi varustaa (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · mk о́преми (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · pl wyposażać (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task) · nrf êtchiper (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task)