accouter
Verb
Verb Forms: accoutered, accoutering, accouters
- To clothe or equip, especially in military style.
- provide with military equipment
- To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service
Examples
- He came to the tournament accoutered with a dictionary, timer, and lucky tiles.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
accoutre, accouter, address, apparel, array, attire, beclothe, clothe, dight, don, dress, enrobe, equip, invest, put on, robe, slip on, vest
Scrabble Score: 12
accouter: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordaccouter: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
accouter: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary