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equipped

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e·quip  (-kwp)
tr.v. e·quipped, e·quip·ping, e·quips
1.
a. To supply with necessities such as tools or provisions.
b. To furnish with the qualities necessary for performance: an education that will equip you to handle such problems. See Synonyms at furnish.
2. To dress up.

[French équiper, from Old French esquiper, of Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse skipa (from skip, ship).]
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Adj.1.equipped - provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate; "a well equipped playground"; "a ship equipped with every mechanical aid to navigation"
unequipped - without necessary physical or intellectual equipment; "guerrillas unequipped for a pitched battle"; "unequipped for jobs in a modern technological society"
2.equipped - provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority); "a furnished apartment"; "a completely furnished toolbox"
article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture - furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"
3.equipped - prepared with proper equipment; "equipped for service in the Arctic"
prepared - made ready or fit or suitable beforehand; "a prepared statement"; "be prepared for emergencies"
4.equippedequipped - carrying weapons                    
armed - (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms; "armed robbery"


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In addition to the features which I have already described, the beast was equipped with a massive tail about six feet in length, quite round where it joined the body, but tapering to a flat, thin blade toward the end, which trailed at right angles to the ground.
But no wonder; there was a good deal to be done, and there is no telling how many things to be thought of, before the Pequod was fully equipped.
The Abraham Lincoln had been well chosen and equipped for her new destination.
 
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