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Equip

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.

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Manner of action 25

Accouter 76% connected

Alt. of Accoutre

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Accoutre 76% connected

To furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array.

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Adorn 76% connected

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

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Appoint 76% connected

To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

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Armor 76% connected

Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.

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Clothe 76% connected

To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

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Collar 76% connected

Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a do…

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Commission 76% connected

The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.

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Fin 76% connected

To carve or cut up, as a chub.

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Fuse 76% connected

To liquefy by heat; to render fiuid; to dissolve; to melt.

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Horseshoe 76% connected

A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.

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Instrument 76% connected

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…

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Invest 76% connected

To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest. Usually followed by with, sometimes by in; as, to invest one with a robe.

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Kit 76% connected

To cut.

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Mechanize 76% connected

To cause to be mechanical.

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Muzzle 76% connected

The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout.

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Refit 76% connected

To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war.

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Rig 76% connected

A ridge.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Shaft 76% connected

The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

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Spar 76% connected

An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in…

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Spur 76% connected

A sparrow.

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Stave 76% connected

One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure;…

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Stock 76% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Wire 76% connected

A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a…

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Enable 76% connected

To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Derivationally related 6

Equipment 74% connected

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

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Equipment 74% connected

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

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Materiel 74% connected

That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, muniti…

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Materiel 74% connected

That in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, muniti…

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Synonym 2

Fit 92% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Outfit 92% connected

A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; thin…

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