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Adjective: equipped  i'kwipt
  1. Provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate
    "a ship equipped with every mechanical aid to navigation"; "a well equipped playground";
    - equipt
     
  2. (furniture) provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture, equipment or authority)
    - furnished
     
  3. Prepared with proper equipment
    "equipped for service in the Arctic";
    - fitted out
     
  4. Carrying weapons
    - weaponed
Verb: equip (equipped,equipping)  i'kwip
  1. Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
    "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities";
    - fit, fit out, outfit
     
  2. Provide with abilities or understanding
    "She was never equipped to be a dancer"

See also: accoutered, accoutred, appointed, armed, armored [US], armoured [Brit, Cdn], fitted out, helmeted, outfitted, panoplied, prepared, stocked, stocked with, transistorised [Brit], transistorized, visored, vizored, volumed, well-appointed, well-found

Type of: enable, furnish, offer, provide, render, supply

Antonym: unequipped, unfurnished

Encyclopedia: Equip