different between equip vs bless

English

Etymology

From French équiper (“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper (“to embark”); of Germanic origin, most probably from Proto-Germanic *skip?n? (“to ship, sail, embark”); akin to Gothic ???????????????? (skip, “ship”). Compare with Old High German scif, German Schiff, Icelandic skip, Old English scip (“ship”), Old Norse skipja (“to fit out a ship”). See ship.

Meanings of its derivative "equipage" may have been influenced by Latin equus = "horse".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kw?p/
• Rhymes: -?p
• Hyphenation: equip

Verb

equip (third-person singular simple present equips, present participle equipping, simple past equipped, past participle equipped or (archaic) equipt)

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)
   • 1921, Rafael Sabatini, In Destiny's Clutch

     it is no more than proper that you should equip us with a vessel in which to pursue the journey which you interrupted

   • 1916, "Indicator Tells Pursuing Police Speed of Automobile" in Popular Science Monthly/Volume 88

     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.

   • 1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs

     Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet.

2. (transitive) To dress up; to array; to clothe.

   • 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.

3. (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
4. (transitive, gaming) To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
   • 2002, Prima Temp Authors, PlayStation 2: Hot Strategies for Cool Games (page 69)

     Take it down from a distance with a magic spell, or equip your sword and attack it at close range.

Synonyms

• (to supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task): apparel, dight, fit out, kit out
• (to dress up): don, dress, put on; see also Thesaurus:clothe

Derived terms

• re-equip, reequip

Related terms

• equipment
• equipage

Translations

References

equip in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• pequi, pique, piqué

Catalan

Etymology

From French équipe.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??kip/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e?kip/

Noun

equip m (plural equips)

1. team

Related terms

• equipar

Further reading

• “equip” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “equip” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “equip” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “equip” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: bl?s, IPA^(key): /bl?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Etymology 1

From Middle English blessen, from Old English bletsian (“to consecrate (with blood)”), from Proto-West Germanic *bl?dis?n (“to sprinkle, mark or hallow with blood”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?þ? (“blood”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“to bloom”). Cognate with Old Norse bleza (“to bless”) (whence Icelandic blessa), Old English bl?dan (“to bleed”). More at bleed.

Verb

bless (third-person singular simple present blesses, present participle blessing, simple past and past participle blest or blessed)

1. To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
2. To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
3. To invoke divine favor upon.
4. To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
5. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
6. (obsolete) To wave; to brandish.
7. (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
8. (archaic, with from) To secure, defend, or prevent from.

Antonyms

• curse
• condemn
• (programming): unbless

Derived terms

• bless someone's cotton socks
• bless someone's heart

Related terms

• blessed
• blessing
• bleed
• blood

Translations

Etymology 2

An ellipsis for an expression such as bless your heart.

Interjection

bless

1. (Britain, Canada, informal) Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement.
   • 1998, "Peter Coffey", New Alternative View Of Atomic Structure, sci.chem, Usenet:

     Ah bless! You must be the welcoming committee for anyone who dares express ignorance.

   • 2000, "Hellraiser", a post in uk.people.teens, Usenet:

     oh bless. *hug* that is not true. nobody here bears a grudge against 13 year old dear or against you.

   • 2001, "Will", Am I still here?, uk.religion.pagan, Usenet:

     Aw bless... have white chocolate fudge muffin....a new batch.... made them last night after Nigella....

Anagrams

• ESBLs, slebs

Icelandic

Interjection

bless

1. goodbye, bye

Synonyms

• bless bless

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Compare Danish blis, Swedish bläs, Old Norse blys, blesóttr.

Noun

bless

1. mask