English Dictionary: accoutre | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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. |