accouter

English

Alternative forms

(Commonwealth) accoutre

Etymology

First attested in the 1590s.
From French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, from Vulgar Latin acconsūtūrāre (“to equip with clothes”), from Latin ad (“to”) + consūtūra (“sewing, clothes”), from Latin cōnsuō (“to sew together”), from Latin con (“together”) + suō (“to sew”)

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈku tɚ/

Verb

accouter (third-person singular simple present accouters, present participle accoutering, simple past and past participle accoutered)

(transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array.
- Both accoutred like young men. - Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, III-iv
- For this, in rags accoutered are they seen. - John Dryden
- Accoutered with his burden and his staff. - William Wordsworth

Translations

to furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array

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Dutch: voorzien (nl), uitdossen (nl)
French: accoutrer (fr)

Latin: accustor

Anagrams

accoutre, cocurate

Norman

Verb

accouter

(Jersey, reflexive, s'accouter) to lean upon one's elbows

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accouter

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