verb
accouter
Accouter (verb) means to equip someone with clothing or gear, particularly for the army.
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To equip someone with clothing or gear, particularly for the army.
"There is a leader—there is usually a leader when men leave their established perimeters—and today it is Quinn Davies, a tanned, open-faced man accoutered with artifacts of a Native American ancestry he wishes he possessed."
— Jennifer Egan, What the Forest Remembers (2022)
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Etymology
Accouter comes from Middle French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, from Vulgar Latin acconsūtūrāre (“to equip with clothes”), from Latin ad (“to”) plus consūtūra (“sewing, clothes”), from Latin cōnsuō (“to sew together”), formed from Latin con- (“together”) and suō (“to sew”). It is first recorded in the 1590s.
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What is the meaning of accouter?
"accouter" (verb) means to equip someone with clothing or gear, particularly for the army.
What is another word for accouter?
Other words for "accouter" include accoutre.
What is the opposite of accouter?
Opposites of "accouter" include strip, denude.
