equip

verb

provide equipment to

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪˈkwɪp/ / [ɪˈkʰwɪp] / /əˈkwɪp/

noun

Etymology: From French équiper (“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper (“to embark”); of Germanic origin, most probably from Old Norse skipa (“to man (a ship)”), from Proto-Germanic *skipōną (“to ship, sail, embark”). Compare with Middle High German schipfen, German schiffern, Icelandic skipa, Old English scipian. Doublet of ship.

Equipment (carried by a game character).

verb

To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
“1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet.”
“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.”
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.”
To prepare (someone) with a skill.
“I'm sorry, but I don't feel equipped to answer that kinda question yet.”
“it is no more than proper that you should equip us with a vessel in which to pursue the journey which you interrupted”
To equip oneself with (an item); to bring (equipment) into active use.
“Take it down from a distance with a magic spell, or equip your sword and attack it at close range.”