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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To dress up; to array; accouter.</def>

<blockquote>The country are led astray in following the town, and <b>equipped</b> in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Equipage</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>Eq"ui*page</hw> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82quipage</ets>, fr. <ets>\'82quiper</ets>. See <er>Equip</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture and necessaries of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier, including whatever is necessary for efficient service; equipments; accouterments; habiliments; attire.</def>

<blockquote>Did their exercises on horseback with noble <b>equipage</b>. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>First strip off all her <b>equipage</b> of Pride. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Retinue; train; suite.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A carriage of state or of pleasure with all that accompanies it, as horses, liveried servants, etc., a showy turn-out.</def>

<blockquote>The rumbling <b>equipages</b> of fashion . . . were unknown in the settlement of New Amsterdam. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Equipaged</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>Eq"ui*paged</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with equipage.</def>

<blockquote>Well dressed, well bred. Well <b>equipaged</b>, is ticket good enough. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Equiparable</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E*quip"a*ra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aequiparabilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Comparable.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>

<h1>Equiparate</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E*quip"a*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aequiparatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>aequiparare</ets>.]</ety> <def>To compare.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Equipedal</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E*quip"e*dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Equi-</ets> + L. <ets>pes</ets>, <ets>pedis</ets>, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.</def>

<h1>Equipendency</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E`qui*pend"en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Equi-</ets> + <ets>pendency</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Equipensate</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E`qui*pen"sate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Equi-</ets> + <ets>pensatus</ets>, p. p. of pensare to weigh. Cf. <er>Equipoise</er>.]</ety> <def>To weigh equally; to esteem alike.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Equipment</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E*quip"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82quipement</ets>. See <er>Equip</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.</def>