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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
; à
(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
Alternative forms
- (chielfy, US) accouter
Verb
accoutre (third-person singular simple present accoutres, present participle accoutring or accoutreing, simple past and past participle accoutred)
- (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
Derived terms
Translations
to equip, to attire, to array