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Rearming

[ree-ahrm] Origin

re·arm

[ree-ahrm]
verb (used with object)
1.
to arm again.
2.
to furnish with new or better weapons: As soon as the new rifle was in production, the troops were rearmed.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become armed again.

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Rearming is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1870–75; re- + arm2

re·ar·ma·ment [ree-ahr-muh-muhnt] , noun
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Word Origin & History

rearm
1870, from re- "back, again" + arm (v.) "to supply with arms."
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