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

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  1. n. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
  2. n. 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.
  3. n. an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service
  4. 1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. Burke. The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt. Hume. 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. Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight. Longfellow.
  5. n:100 n. an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service