armed
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
arm (“to equip with a weapon”) + -ed.
Adjective
armed (comparative more armed, superlative most armed)
- (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
- nuclear-armed
- (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
- (obsolete) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year
- a distemper eminently armed from heaven
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year
- (botany) Having prickles or thorns.
Derived terms
Translations
equipped, especially with a weapon
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prepared for use
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Verb
armed
- simple past and past participle of arm
Etymology 2
arm (“the upper limb of the body”) + -ed.
Adjective
armed (not comparable)
- (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
- (of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
- the four-armed creature.
- the strong-armed man.
- (heraldry, of horns, teeth, beaks, etc.) Coloured in a different tincture from the beast or bird itself.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Ladin
Etymology
Adjective
armed m (feminine singular armeda, masculine plural armeds, feminine plural armedes)
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