different between equip vs invest
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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invest
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?n?v?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French investir or Medieval Latin investire, from Latin investio (“to clothe, cover”), from in- (“in, on”) + vestio (“to clothe, dress”), from vestis (“clothing”); see vest. The sense “to spend money etc.” probably via Italian investire, of the same root.
Verb
invest (third-person singular simple present invests, present participle investing, simple past and past participle invested)
- To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
- (transitive, dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
- (intransitive, obsolete) To put on (clothing).
- To envelop, wrap, cover.
- To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- To formally give (power or authority).
- To surround, accompany, or attend.
- To lay siege to.
- (intransitive) To make investments.
- (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
- (intransitive) To be involved in; to form strong attachments to.
Synonyms
- (put on clothing): beclothe, don, dress; see also Thesaurus:clothe
- (lay siege to): besiege
Antonyms
- (clothe): divest
- (give): divest
- (commit funds): disinvest, divest
Derived terms
Related terms
- divest
- vest
- vestibule
- vestment
- vesture
Translations
Etymology 2
From investigate, by shortening
Noun
invest (plural invests)
- (meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.
References
Anagrams
- ventis
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