Equip and Ready

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Equip verb - To make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function.

Usage example: years of service in the congress and in the cabinet equipped him better than most people for the office of the presidency

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Ready is a synonym for equip in make ready with supplies topic. In some cases you can use "Ready" instead a verb "Equip".

Nearby Words: equipment, equipage, equipping

Ready verb - To make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function.

Usage example: this advanced course should ready him for college

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Equip is a synonym for ready in prepare topic. You can use "Equip" instead a verb "Ready".

Nearby Words: readiness, readily, readying, readied

force	equip force	ready force
bow	equip bow	ready bow
suit	equip suit	ready suit
weapon	equip weapon	ready weapon
Other words: ship, gun, forces, weapons, swords, guns.

You also become one of these whenever you equip and ready a Big Gun (or larger Small Gun or Energy Weapon such as the Chinese Assault and Plasma Rifles, respectively), as, just like with armor, the WG value of the weapon itself also reduces your movement speed.

Source: Mighty Glacier / Video Games
A light-sided Bounty Hunter, a character class that uses heavy armor and can equip their suit with blades, can count as a rough-and-ready take on this with Mako, the sweet healer companion.

Source: Lady and Knight

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