Accoutre
[ә'ku:tә]
Definition
(v. t.) To furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [Written also Accouter.] Dress, equip, furnish, fit out, arm and equip.
Typist: Rosanna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Adorn, fit_out, equip, furnish, dress, {furnish_with_arms}
ANT:[See ADORN]
Typed by Josephine
Definition
v.t. to dress or equip (esp. a warrior):—pr.p. accou′tring; pa.p. accou′tred.—n.pl. Accou′trements dress: military equipments—(Spens.) Accou′strements.
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Examples
- With it and the harness which you may select there will be no more handsomely accoutred warrior in all Zodanga. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- With the breaking of morning I was accoutred for my ride. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Turning his head, Wegg beheld his persecutor, the ever-wakeful dustman, accoutred with fantail hat and velveteen smalls complete. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He accoutred me with other necessaries, all new, which I aired for twenty-four hours before I would use them. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The friar was now completely accoutred as a yeoman, with sword and buckler, bow, and quiver, and a strong partisan over his shoulder. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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