accoutre

See also accoutré

English

Alternative forms

• accouter

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.

Pronunciation

ac-cou*tre

• IPA: /əˈkuːtə/, SAMPA: /@"ku:t@/

Verb

accoutre (third-person singular simple present accoutres, present participle accoutring, simple past and past participle accoutred)

1. (transitive) To furnish with dress, or equipment, especially those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array.

   • Both accoutred like young men. - Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, III-iv
   • For this, in rags accoutred are they seen. - John Dryden
   • Accoutred with his burden and his staff. - William Wordsworth

Derived terms

• accoutrement

Translations

to equip, to attire, to array

Bulgarian: обличам (bg), екипирам (bg) French: accoutrer (fr)

Latin: accustor Swedish: utrusta (sv)

Anagrams

• accouter

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: accoutrent, accoutres

Verb

accoutre

1. first-person singular present indicative of accoutrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of accoutrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of accoutrer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of accoutrer
5. second-person singular imperative of accoutrer