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accoutred

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ac·cou·ter or ac·cou·tre  (-ktr)
tr.v. ac·cou·tered or ac·cou·tred, ac·cou·ter·ing or ac·cou·tre·ing, ac·cou·ters or ac·cou·tres
To outfit and equip, as for military duty. See Synonyms at furnish.

[French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, arrange, equip : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + coustrer, sew; see couture.]
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Adj.1.accoutredaccoutred - provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military); "troops accoutered for battle"; "properly accoutered for the trip"
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
equipped, equipt - provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate; "a well equipped playground"; "a ship equipped with every mechanical aid to navigation"
Translations
accoutred accoutered (US) [əˈkuːtəd] PP & ADJ (frm or liter) → equipado (with de)


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The man liked the European costume, and ere long Passepartout issued from his shop accoutred in an old Japanese coat, and a sort of one-sided turban, faded with long use.
He accoutred me with other necessaries, all new, which I aired for twenty-four hours before I would use them.
She had occasionally caught glimpses of these men in girlhood, looking over hedges, or peeping through bushes, and pointing their guns, strangely accoutred, a bloodthirsty light in their eyes.
 
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