verb /ɪˈkwɪp/
a) To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; said especially of ships and of troops. Dryden.
Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet. Ludlow.
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. Addison.
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