Equip
Equip , transitive verb
[French équiper to supply, fit out, orig. said of a ship, Old French esquiper to embark; of German origin; compare Old High German scif, German schiff, Icelandic skip, Anglo-Saxon 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.
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.