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Accoutre

{

Ac-cou′ter

,

Ac-cou′tre

}
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Accoutered
or
Accoutred
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Accoutering
or
Accoutring
.]
[F.
accouter
, OF.
accoutrer
,
accoustrer
;
(L.
ad
) + perh. LL.
custor
, for
custos
guardian, sacristan (cf.
Custody
), or perh. akin to E.
guilt
.]
To furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array.
Both
accoutered
like young men.
Shakespeare
For this, in rags
accoutered
are they seen.
Dryden.
Accoutered
with his burden and his staff.
Wordsworth.

Definition 2024


accoutre

accoutre

See also: accoutré

English

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Verb

accoutre (third-person singular simple present accoutres, present participle accoutring or accoutreing, 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

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French

Pronunciation

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