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accoutred

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Accouter  \Ac*cou"ter\,  Accoutre  \Ac*cou"tre\ 
  ([a^]k*k[=oo]"t[~e]r),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Accoutered}  or 
  {Accoutred}  (-t[~e]rd);  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Accoutering}  or 
  {Accoutring}.]  [F.  accouter,  OF  accoutrer,  accoustrer  [`a] 
  (L.  ad)  +  perh.  LL  custor,  for  custos  guardian,  sacristan 
  (cf.  {Custody}),  or  perh.  akin  to  E.  guilt.] 
  To  furnish  with  dress,  or  equipments,  esp.  those  for  military 
  service;  to  equip;  to  attire;  to  array. 
 
  Both  accoutered  like  young  men.  --Shak. 
 
  For  this  in  rags  accoutered  are  they  seen.  --Dryden. 
 
  Accoutered  with  his  burden  and  his  staff.  --Wordsworth. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  accoutred 
  adj  :  provided  with  necessary  articles  of  equipment  for  a 
  specialized  purpose  especially  military;  "troops 
  accoutered  for  battle";  "accoutered  for  the  trip  [syn: 
  {accoutered}]




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