Definition of Acoutre
{ Ac*cou"ter, Ac*cou"tre }
(ăk*k&oomac;"t&etilde;r), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Accoutered or Accoutred (-t&etilde;rd);
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.
Shak.
For this, in rags accoutered are they seen.
Dryden.
Accoutered with his burden and his staff.
Wordsworth.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (transitive) To furnish with dress, or equipment, especially those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array.
Quotations
*Both accoutred like young men. - Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, III-iv
*For this, in rags accoutred are they seen. - Dryden
*Accoutred with his burden and his staff. - Wordsworth
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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