arm
2[ahrm]
noun
Usually arms. weapons, especially firearms.
arms, Heraldry. the escutcheon, with its divisions, charges, and tinctures, and the other components forming an achievement that symbolizes and is reserved for a person, family, or corporate body; armorial bearings; coat of arms.
verb (used without object)
to enter into a state of hostility or of readiness for war.
verb (used with object)
Origin of arm
21200–50 for v.; 1300–50 for noun; (v.) Middle English armen < Anglo-French, Old French armer < Latin armāre to arm, verbal derivative of arma (plural) tools, weapons (not akin to arm1); (noun) Middle English armes (plural) ≪ Latin arma, as above
Synonyms for arm
8. outfit.
Antonyms for arm
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arm
1noun
verb
Word Origin for arm
Old English; related to German Arm, Old Norse armr arm, Latin armus shoulder, Greek harmos joint
arm
2verb (tr)
noun
See also arms
Word Origin for arm
C14: (n) back formation from arms, from Old French armes, from Latin arma; (vb) from Old French armer to equip with arms, from Latin armāre, from arma arms, equipment
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