1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

   1.

   to furnish with; to equip with; to provide; to install

2. 2.

   to prepare for; to make preparations for; to make provision for

3. 3.

   to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with; to be equipped with

Example sentences

• 最悪の事態に備えるべきです。

  You should prepare for the worst.

• 神は風を備える、だが人が帆をあげなければならない。

  God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails.