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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
accoutered
adj
  1. provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military); "troops accoutered for battle"; "properly accoutered for the trip"
    Synonym(s): accoutered, accoutred
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Accouter \Ac*cou"ter\, Accoutre \Ac*cou"tre\
      ([acr]k*k[oomac]"t[etil]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accoutered}
      or {Accoutred} (-t[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Accoutering} or
      {Accoutring}.] [F. accouter, OF. accoutrer, accoustrer; [85]
      (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.               --Shak.
  
               For this, in rags accoutered are they seen. --Dryden.
  
               Accoutered with his burden and his staff. --Wordsworth.
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