rearm, re-arm
(verb) arm anew; “After the war, the defeated country was not allowed to rearm”
rearm
(verb) arm again; “After the war, the defeated country was not rearmed by the victors”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rearm (third-person singular simple present rearms, present participle rearming, simple past and past participle rearmed)
To replace or restore the weapons or arms of a previously defeated, or disarmed army, country, person or other body.
• Armer, Ramer, marre
Source: Wiktionary
20 April 2024
(adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
