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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Equipment (carried by a game character).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, uncountable
Topics: games, gaming
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To dress up; to array; to clothe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To prepare (someone) with a skill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: games, gaming
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
provide with abilities or understanding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enable
verb
provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: fit, fit out, outfit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish
Narrower terms: rig, set, set up, mechanize, mechanise, motorize, motorise, fuse, collar, spur, fin, stock, horseshoe, turn out, instrument, muzzle, kit out, kit up, kit, appoint, re-equip, rejig, refit, armor, armour, accouter, accoutre, wire, shaft, spar, stave, invest, clothe, adorn, commission
History
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.
Across languages
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
