accoutre

ac·cou·tre

transitive verb \ə-ˈkü-tər\

ac·cou·tred or ac·cou·teredac·cou·tring or ac·cou·ter·ing\-ˈkü-tə-riŋ, -ˈkü-triŋ\

Definition of ACCOUTRE

: to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit

Variants of ACCOUTRE

ac·cou·tre or ac·cou·ter \ə-ˈkü-tər\

Examples of ACCOUTRE

1. <hikers accoutred with walking sticks, water bottles, trail maps, and compasses>

Origin of ACCOUTRE

French accoutrer, from Middle French acoustrer, from a- + costure seam, from Vulgar Latin *consutura — more at couture

First Known Use: 1596

Related to ACCOUTRE

Synonyms

furnish (or accouter), equip, fit (out), gird, kit (up or out) [chiefly British], outfit, provision, rig, supply

Related Words

stock, store; bestow, contribute, donate, give, present; apportion, deal (out), dispense, distribute, dole out, hand out, mete (out), parcel (out), portion, prorate; allocate, allot, assign; arm, fortify, prepare; reequip, refit, refurnish, reoutfit

Near Antonyms

deprive, dispossess, divest, strip

See Synonym Discussion at furnish

Rhymes with ACCOUTRE

commuter, computer, confuter, crapshooter, diluter, disputer, freebooter, hip shooter, jump shooter, peashooter, polluter, recruiter, refuter, saluter, sharpshooter, six-shooter, square shooter, straight shooter, trapshooter, two-suiter, uprooter, zoot-suiter