Hypertext Webster Gateway: "accouter"

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) 1.7 (wn)

accouter
v : provide with military equipment [syn: {accoutre}]


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