accouter
To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service
Verb
- To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service
- […] Ile hold thee any wager / When we are both accoutered like yong men, / Ile proue the prettier fellow of the two, […] - c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William...
- Vpon the word, / Accoutred as I was, I plunged in, - 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London:...
- For this, in rags accoutered, are they seen, / And made the may-game of the public spleen? - 1693, John Dryden, “The Third Satire of Perseus”, in Walter Scott, editor, The works of John Dryden, volume 13, published...
Synonyms: equip attire array accouter address apparel beclothe clothe dight don garment dress enrobe invest put on robe slip on vest
Origin
From Middle 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”), first attested in the 1590s.