English Explanatory Dictionary

accouter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service

Pronunciation

/əˈku tɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-accouter.wav

Word forms

accouter accouters accoutering accoutered accoutre

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

equip attire array accouter address apparel beclothe clothe dight don garment dress enrobe invest put on robe slip on vest

Related words

accouterment

Derived words

unaccoutered
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