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Webster 1913 Edition
Armed
Armed
,Adj.
1.
Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection.
“And armed host.” Dryden.
2.
Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
A distemper eminently
armed
from heaven. De Foe.
3.
(Her.)
Having horns, beak, talons, etc; – said of beasts and birds of prey.
Armed at all points
(Blazoning)
, completely incased in armor, sometimes described as
armed cap-à-pie
. Cussans.
– Armed en flute
. (Naut.)
See under
– Flute
. Armed magnet
, a magnet provided with an armature.
– Armed neutrality
. See under
Neutrality
.Webster 1828 Edition
Armed
'ARMED
,pp.
1.
Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security; fortified, in a moral sense.2.
In heraldry, armed is when the beaks, talons, horns, or teeth of beasts and birds of prey are of a different color from the rest of the body.3.
Capped and cased as the load stone; that is set in iron.An armed ship is one which is taken into the service of government for a particular occasion, and armed like a ship of war.
Definition 2024
armed
armed
English
Adjective
armed (comparative more armed, superlative most armed)
- (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
- nuclear-armed
- (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
- (obsolete) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
- De Foe
- a distemper eminently armed from heaven
- De Foe
- (of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
- the four-armed creature.
- the strong-armed man.
Derived terms
- armed forces
- armed response
- armed robber
- armed robbery
- armed to the teeth
- unarmed
Translations
equipped, especially with a weapon
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prepared for use
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Verb
armed
- simple past tense and past participle of arm
Etymology 2
arm (“the upper limb of the body”) + -ed.
Adjective
armed (not comparable)
- (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
- (heraldry, of horns, teeth, beaks, etc.) Coloured in a different tincture from the beast or bird itself.