accouter

[ uh-koo-ter ]

verb (used with object)

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

Other Words From

• unac·coutered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of accouter¹

First recorded in 1600–10; earlier accou(s)stre, from French accoutrer, Old French acou(s)trer “to arrange, accommodate, equip,” perhaps from unattested Vulgar Latin accō(n)s(ū)tūrāre “to sew together, mend” ( ac-, couture ), though loss of second -ū- is unexplained

Example Sentences

Among the roots of the maple tree we built houses and stores with twigs and leaves, occasionally accoutered with treasure from home.

From New York Times

The most generously accoutered figure is in the show’s first portrait, “Isotta Brembati,” a poet and a countess sitting in a Dante chair.

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In a monologue delivered poolside at a fancy resort, the impeccably manicured and accoutered Brooke equates being the victim of racism with her own experience as an “ugly” girl.

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You may be with your father, who accoutered himself with a weapon in case you encountered bears, wolverines, or worse.

From The Guardian

Art becomes a character in its own right in two paintings that pair a man in contemporary dress with an exotically accoutered Egyptian statue.

From New York Times