(v) :
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; to
dress up; to
array;
accouter
"gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet. Ludlow."