equip

1. (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).Examples: "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."; "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."Synonyms: apparel, dight, fit out, kit outtransitive

2. (transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.Examples: "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."Synonyms: dontransitive

3. (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.Examples: "it is no more than proper that you should equip us with a vessel in which to pursue the journey which you interrupted"; "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."transitive

4. (transitive, gaming) To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.Examples: "Take it down from a distance with a magic spell, or equip your sword and attack it at close range."transitive