ACCOUTERED

accoutered, accoutred

(adjective) provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military); “troops accoutered for battle”; “properly accoutered for the trip”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

accoutered

simple past tense and past participle of accouter

Source: Wiktionary


ACCOUTER

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



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LEFT

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