outfitted
- 1Simple past and past participle of outfit.
The expedition outfitted its members with cold-weather gear before heading north.
By opening day, the staff had outfitted each station with the proper safety equipment.
Note
One spelling serves both the simple past and the past participle, and the final t doubles before -ed, just as fit becomes fitted. Because outfit is transitive, the form needs an object or a passive frame, usually with with naming the gear: they outfitted the crew with radios; the crew was outfitted with radios. The base verb shares its spelling with the noun for a set of clothing or gear.
outfitted is a form of outfit
outfit, verb: To supply a person or place with the equipment needed for a particular purpose. Full entry
- Forms
- outfitoutfits he/she/itoutfitting -ing formoutfitted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- outfit → outfitted: double the t, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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