equipping
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
equip/ɪˈkwɪp/
▶verb (equips, equipping, equipped)
- 1 supply with the items needed for a particular purpose.
- 2 prepare (someone) mentally for a situation or task.
– derivatives
equipper noun.
equipper noun.
– origin C16: from Fr. équiper, prob. from ON skipa ‘to man a ship’, from skip ‘ship’.
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