Word Meanings - EQUIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

esquiper to embark; of German origin; cf. OHG. scif, G. schiff, Icel. 1. To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament,

Additional info about word: EQUIP

esquiper to embark; of German origin; cf. OHG. scif, G. schiff, Icel. 1. To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said esp. of ships and of troops. Dryden. Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet. Ludlow. 2. To dress up; to array; accouter. 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. Addison.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EQUIP)

• Arm Equip
• gird
• accoutre
• array
• Array Vest
• deck
• equip
• decorate
• rank
• adorn
• dress
• invest
• attire
• place
• arrange
• draw up
• marshal
• set in order
• dispose
• Furnish
• Supply
• provide
• afford
• yield
• bestow
• purvey
• give
• Prepare
• Fit
• adapt
• qualify
• just
• order
• lay
• plan
• furnish
• make ready

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of EQUIP)

• Disarray
• disarrange
• confuse
• jumble
• divest
• denude
• strip

Related words: (words related to EQUIP)

• EQUIPENSATE
  To weigh equally; to esteem alike.
• EQUIPONDERANCE; EQUIPONDERANCY
  Equality of weight; equipoise.
• DISPOSEMENT
  Disposal. Goodwin.
• INVESTIGATION
  The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge,
• DIVESTITURE
  The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.
• EQUIPOTENTIAL
  Having the same potential. Equipotential surface, a surface for which the potential is for all points of the surface constant. Level surfaces on the earth are equipotential.
• DIVESTMENT
  The act of divesting.
• FURNISHMENT
  The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture. Daniel.
• DECORATE
  To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero
• SUPPLYMENT
  A supplying or furnishing; supply. Shak.
• STRIPPING
  The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking. (more info) 1. The act of one who strips. The mutual bows and courtesies . . . are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive. H. Spencer. Never were cows that required
• ADORNINGLY
  By adorning; decoratively.
• YIELD
  pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• JUMBLEMENT
  Confused mixture.
• ADAPTABLE
  Capable of being adapted.
• ADORNATION
  Adornment.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• INVESTIGATIVE
  Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
• UNDRESS
  To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
• DEMANDRESS
  A woman who demands.
• UNATTIRE
  To divest of attire; to undress.
• UNSTRIPED
  Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers. (more info) 1. Not striped.
• OFFENDRESS
  A woman who offends. Shak.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• DISPURVEYANCE
  Want of provisions; Spenser.