EQUIPS
Verb
equips
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equip
Anagrams
• Quispe, piques, piqués
Source: Wiktionary
EQUIP
E*quip", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Equipping.]
Etym: [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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition