equip

Pronunciation: /ɪˈkwɪp/

The English word “equip” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
To dress up; to array; to clothe.
To prepare (someone) with a skill.
To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.

noun

Equipment (carried by a game character).

Etymology

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.

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