v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Equipped p. pr. & vb. n. Equipping. ] [ F. équiper to supply, fit out, orig. said of a ship, OF. esquiper to embark; of German origin; cf. OHG. scif, G. schiff, Icel. skip, AS. scip. See Ship. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet. Ludlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dress up; to array; accouter. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. équipage, fr. équiper. See Equip. ] 1. Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture and necessaries of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier, including whatever is necessary for efficient service; equipments; accouterments; habiliments; attire. [ 1913 Webster ]

Did their exercises on horseback with noble equipage. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

First strip off all her equipage of Pride. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Retinue; train; suite. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A carriage of state or of pleasure with all that accompanies it, as horses, liveried servants, etc., a showy turn-out. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rumbling equipages of fashion . . . were unknown in the settlement of New Amsterdam. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with equipage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Well dressed, well bred.
Well equipaged, is ticket good enough. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. [ L. aequiparabilis. ] Comparable. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>v. t. [ L. aequiparatus, p. p. of aequiparare. ] To compare. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Equi- + L. pes, pedis, foot. ] (Zoöl.) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Equi- + pendency. ] The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Equi- + pensatus, p. p. of pensare to weigh. Cf. Equipoise. ] To weigh equally; to esteem alike. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. équipement. See Equip. ] 1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments. [ 1913 Webster ]

Armed and dight,
In the equipments of a knight. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Equi- + poise. ] 1. Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces. [ 1913 Webster ]

The means of preserving the equipoise and the tranquillity of the commonwealth. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our little lives are kept in equipoise
By opposite attractions and desires. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Counterpoise. [ 1913 Webster ]

The equipoise to the clergy being removed. Buckle.