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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arm \Arm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Armed}; p. pr & vb n. {Arming}.] [OE. armen, F. armer, fr L. armare fr arma, pl., arms. See {arms}.] 1. To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. [Obs.] And make him with our pikes and partisans A grave: come arm him --Shak. Arm your prize; I know you will not lose him --Two N. Kins. 2. To furnish with arms or limbs. [R.] His shoulders broad and strong, Armed long and round. --Beau. & Fl 3. To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as to arm soldiers; to arm the country. Abram . . . armed his trained servants. --Gen. xiv. 14. 4. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling. 5. Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense Arm yourselves . . . with the same mind. --1 Pet. iv 1. {To arm a magnet}, to fit it with an armature. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Arming \Arm"ing\, n. 1. The act of furnishing with or taking, arms. The arming was now universal. --Macaulay. 2. (Naut.) A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom. --Totten. 3. pl (Naut.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays. {Arming press} (Bookbinding), a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: arming n : the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war [syn: {armament}, {equipping}] [ant: {disarming}, {disarming}]
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