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ACCOUTRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accoutred mean? 

ACCOUTRED (adjective)
  The adjective ACCOUTRED has 1 sense:

1. provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military)play

  Familiarity information: ACCOUTRED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACCOUTRED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military)

Synonyms:

accoutered; accoutred

Context example:

properly accoutered for the trip

Similar:

equipped; equipt (provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)


 Context examples 


He accoutred me with other necessaries, all new, which I aired for twenty-four hours before I would use them.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)



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