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equip
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)
- (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.
- 1921, Rafael Sabatini, In Destiny's Clutch
- (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.
- (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.
- (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.
- 2002, Prima Temp Authors, PlayStation 2: Hot Strategies for Cool Games (page 69)
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)
- 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.
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embattle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?bætl?/
Etymology 1
From Middle English enbatelen, embatailen, from Old French embataillier (“to array for battle”), from em- (Latin in) + bataille (“battle”).
Verb
embattle (third-person singular simple present embattles, present participle embattling, simple past and past participle embattled)
- (transitive) To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle
- to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
- (intransitive) To be arrayed for battle.
Synonyms
- (to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle): fortify
Derived terms
- embattled
Etymology 2
From Middle English enbatelen, enbatailen, from Old French *embastiller ("to fortify"; > Middle Latin imbataliare, imbattajare), from en- +? + bastiller (“to build, fortify, embattle”). More at baste.
Verb
embattle (third-person singular simple present embattles, present participle embattling, simple past and past participle embattled)
- (transitive) to furnish with battlements; give the form of battlements to
- to embattle a wall
Derived terms
- embattled
Noun
embattle (plural embattles)
- (heraldry) a merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement
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