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accouter

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ac⋅cou⋅ter

  [uh-koo-ter]
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–verb (used with object)
to equip or outfit, esp. with military clothes, equipment, etc.
Also, especially British, accoutre.

Origin:
1600–10; earlier accou(s)tre < F accoutrer, OF acou(s)trer to arrange, accommodate, equip, perh. < VL *accō(n)s(ū)tūrāre to sew together, mend (see ac-, couture ), though loss of 2d -ū- is unexplained
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ac·cou·ter or ac·cou·tre   (ə-kōō'tər)   
tr.v.   ac·cou·tered or ac·cou·tred, ac·cou·ter·ing or ac·cou·tre·ing, ac·cou·ters or ac·cou·tres
To outfit and equip, as for military duty. See Synonyms at furnish.

[French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, arrange, equip : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + coustrer, sew; see couture.]
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