accouter, accoutre
(verb) provide with military equipment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
Synonyms: equip, attire, array, Thesaurus:clothe
• accoutre, cocurate
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cou"ter, Ac*cou"tre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accoutered or Accoutred; p. pr. & vb. n. Accoutering or Accoutring.] Etym: [F. accouter, OF. accoutrer, accoustrer; Ă (L. ad) + perh. LL. custor, for custos guardian, sacristan (cf. Custody), or perh. akin to E. guilt.]
Definition: To furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array. Bot accoutered like young men. Shak. For this, in rags accoutered are they seen. Dryden. Accoutered with his burden and his staff. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
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