accouter
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- accoutre (Commonwealth)
[edit] Etymology
From French accoutrer, Old French accoutrer, accoustrer; à (Latin ad) + perhaps Late Latin custor, for custos (“guardian, sacristan”) (compare custody), or perhaps akin to English guilt.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈkuːtə/
[edit] Verb
accouter (third-person singular simple present accouters, present participle accoutering, simple past and past participle accoutered)
- (transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array.
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- Both accoutred like young men. - Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, III-iv
- For this, in rags accoutered are they seen. - John Dryden
- Accoutered with his burden and his staff. - William Wordsworth
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