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accouter
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Accouter \Ac*cou"ter\, Accoutre \Ac*cou"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accoutered or Accoutred; p. pr. & vb. n. Accoutering or Accoutring.] [F. accouter, OF. accoutrer, accoustrer; [`a] (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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also accoutre, 1590s, from French acoutrer, earlier acostrer (13c.) "arrange, dispose, put on (clothing)," originally "sew up," from Vulgar Latin accosturare "to sew together, sew up," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + *consutura "a sewing together," from Latin consutus, past participle of consuere "to sew together," from con- (see com-) + suere "to sew" (see suture). Related: Accoutered; accoutred; accoutering; accoutring.
Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array.
WordNet
v. provide with military equipment [syn: accoutre]
Usage examples of "accouter".
Had the circumstances been happier, Ada thought, this would have been like the hair contest, a game of dress-up against which they might wager to see who could accouter herself most convincing as a man.
Once fully accoutered, knights mounted their high horsesbattle-trained destriers big and strong enough to bear fully armed men at a fair speed for the time it might take to make contact with the enemy aheadwhile grooms led their amblers back to the remuda.
Imogen was not armed with the lessons of experience: Imogen was not accoutered with the cautiousness of cultivation and refinement.
And then, you too might find yourself accoutered in a belt of cured skin with a knobby kneecap buckle.
Once Steeltooth was saddled and accoutered, Milo assisted with the captured animals.
Though all mounted and accoutered for the road, they had not yet assembled in marching order but were gathered in small groups, chatting, jesting, spitting, watching the beehive of activities within the perimeters of the soon to be abandoned campsite.
Behind the captain stood Sergeant Geros, similarly accoutered, holding a ten-foot staff about which was furled the Red Eagle Banner of the House and Clan of Morguhn.
Boldly accoutered officers rode or marched beside their men, yelling orders and encouragement against the uproar.
SPIRIT OF THE PITIES Behold the gorgeous coming of those horse, Accoutered in kaleidoscopic hues That would persuade us war has beauty in it!
There were two or three hostesses, clad and accoutered similarly to mine.