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accouter

[ uh-koo-ter ]
/ əˈku tər /
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verb (used with object)

to equip or outfit, especially with military clothes, equipment, etc.

RELATED WORDS

equip, gear, fit, supply, outfit, attire, rig, array, accoutre, clothe

Nearby words

  1. accountant,
  2. accounting,
  3. accounting machine,
  4. accounting period,
  5. accouplement,
  6. accouterment,
  7. accoutre,
  8. accoutrement,
  9. accoutrements,
  10. accra
Also especially British, ac·cou·tre.

Origin of accouter

1600–10; earlier accou(s)tre < French accoutrer, Old French acou(s)trer to arrange, accommodate, equip, perhaps < Vulgar Latin *accō(n)s(ū)tūrāre to sew together, mend (see ac-, couture), though loss of 2nd -ū- is unexplained
Related formsun·ac·cou·tered, adjective
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Word Origin and History for accouter

accouter

v.

also accoutre, 1590s, from French acoutrer, earlier acostrer (13c.) "arrange, dispose, put on (clothing)," originally "sew up," from Vulgar Latin accosturare "to sew together, sew up," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + *consutura "a sewing together," from Latin consutus, past participle of consuere "to sew together," from con- (see com-) + suere "to sew" (see suture). Related: Accoutered; accoutred; accoutering; accoutring.

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