Equipped
[i'kwipt]
Definition
(adj.) carrying weapons .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) prepared with proper equipment; 'equipped for service in the Arctic' .
Typist: Serena--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Equip
Typist: Louis
Examples
- The ovens and some deep holes had been equipped as dressing stations. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- All that he has of certainty will be expended when he is fully equipped. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A large shop was rented in Newark, equipped with $25,000 worth of machinery, and Edison was given full charge. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- How otherwise could the Champion Harvesting Machine Company of Springfield, Ohio, turn out an equipped machine every four minutes each working day of ten hours? William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A shop fully equipped with electric machinery is the best possible kind of shop for employee as well as for the owner. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Our trains arrived a few days later, after which we were all perfectly equipped. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If it is equipped with a three-heat switch, it can be adjusted to 600 watts at full, 300 at medium and 150 at low, which means a great saving in current for most small cooking operations. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This steam engine was equipped with a LaFrance boiler. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The laboratories in such works differ from those in the universities only in being more perfectly equipped, and more sumptuously appointed. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- About every fifteenth address plate in a drawer was equipped with a vertical, subdividing tab--numerical, alphabetical or geographical as the case might require. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The building was wired from top to bottom, and equipped with all the appliances of the art. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His city is equipped for war rather than for peace, and this would seem to be justified by the ordinary condition of Hellenic States. Plato. The Republic.
- The highest speed ever attained, however, is by the British torpedo boat Viper, which is 210 feet long, and, like the Turbinia, is equipped with the Parsons steam turbines. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I really am a most troublesome companion to you both, but I hope I am not often so ill-equipped. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Also, Wilson was there with ten thousand dismounted cavalrymen, who were being equipped for the field. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Wilson moved out with full 12,000 men, well equipped and well armed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is equipped with four 550-horse-power motors and has a maximum speed of 60 miles per hour. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Thus equipped, I ventured in much fear and trembling to wait upon the great Mr. Murray, as Lord Byron always satirically called him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The department is completely equipped to take and produce motion picture films of the highest quality. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- England has equipped several of her latest battleships with 15-inch guns and other nations are following in the same direction. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The building was equipped in such a manner that the striking of the fire-alarm would light every lamp in the house automatically and liberate the horses. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Thus equipped, the locomotive was found quite satisfactory, and long did yeoman service. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- For many uses the fact that anyone suitably equipped can listen in on a wireless telephone talk would be a serious limitation to its use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A factory equipped with Wright’s machines was established in London, but was not successful. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The little Turbinia, a 40 ton craft equipped with a compound rotary steam turbine of the Parsons type, has attained a speed of 32? knots an hour. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The agent waited with me till his employer returned, equipped in travelling costume. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is claimed that in the monorail system so equipped with the gyroscope, a speed of more than a hundred miles an hour is possible with perfect safety. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This shop has a floor space of 22,000 square feet and is thoroughly equipped with the necessary hammers, presses, furnaces, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If that stove is equipped with a single heat, you will be using the full 600 watts whenever the switch is on. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- New mills, when erected, were provided with this system, and many mills in their quiet retreats everywhere awoke from their drowsy methods and were equipped with the new one. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Louis