equip

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To supply with necessities such as tools or provisions.
2. v. To furnish with the qualities necessary for performance: an education that will equip you to handle such problems. See Synonyms at furnish.
3. v. To dress up.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To fit out; furnish with means for the prosecution of a purpose; provide with whatever is needed for efficient action or service: extended from the fitting out of ships and armies to that of other things, and also of persons either materially or mentally: as, to equip a ship with rigging, sails, tackle, etc., for a cruise or voyage; to equip a soldier or an army with arms and accoutrements, or a traveler with clothing and conveniences for a journey; to be equipped with knowledge and skill for a vocation.
2. Specifically To fit up; dress out; array; accoutre.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive 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 especially of ships and of troops. Dryden.
2. v. transitive To dress up; to array; accouter.
3. v. transitive To prepare (someone) with a skill

GNU Webster's 1913

1. 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.
2. v. To dress up; to array; accouter.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. provide with abilities or understanding
2. v. provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose