Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: equip
IPA transcription: [ɪkw'ɪp]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: equip, fit, fit_out, outfit
    Meaning: provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"
  • Synonyms: equip
    Meaning: provide with abilities or understanding; "She was never equipped to be a dancer"
Usage examples
  • I have letters from him desiring me to equip a supplementary squadron and raise a body of not less than a thousand men to reenforce him on his arrival.
  • In return, the vassal or incumbent had to follow the seignior to battle (a thing which happened almost every day), and equip and feed himself at his own expense.
  • Whenever they seized upon a book, by one of those incongruities common to dreams, methought it turned into a garment of foreign or antique fashion, with which they proceeded to equip themselves.