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adjective
1.
bearing firearms; having weapons: a heavily armed patrol.
3.
involving the use of weapons: armed conflict.
4.
equipped: The students came armed with their pocket calculators.
5.
EXPAND(especially of an animal) covered protectively, as by a shell.
6.
fortified; made secure: Armed by an inveterate optimism, he withstood despair.
7.
COLLAPSE(of an artillery shell, bomb, missile, etc.) having the fuze made operative.
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noun
1.
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
2.
arms, Heraldry. the escutcheon, with its divisions, charges, and tinctures, and the other components forming an achievement that symbolizes and is reserved for a person, family, or corporate body; armorial bearings; coat of arms.
verb (used without object)
3.
to enter into a state of hostility or of readiness for war.
verb (used with object)
Idioms4.
to equip with weapons: to arm the troops.
5.
to activate (a fuze) so that it will explode the charge at the time desired.
6.
to cover protectively.
7.
to provide with whatever will add strength, force, or security; support; fortify: He was armed with statistics and facts.
8.
EXPANDto equip or prepare for any specific purpose or effective use: to arm a security system; to arm oneself with persuasive arguments.
9.
COLLAPSEto prepare for action; make fit; ready.
10.
bear arms,
a.
to carry weapons.
b.
to serve as a member of the military or of contending forces: His religious convictions kept him from bearing arms, but he served as an ambulance driver with the Red Cross.
11.
take up arms, to prepare for war; go to war: to take up arms against the enemy.
12.
under arms, ready for battle; trained and equipped: The number of men under arms is no longer the decisive factor in warfare.
13.
up in arms, ready to take action; indignant; outraged: There is no need to get up in arms over such a trifle.
Origin:
1200–50 for v.; 1300–50 for noun; (v.) Middle English armen < Anglo-French, Old French armer < Latin armāre to arm, verbal derivative of arma (plural) tools, weapons (not akin to arm1); (noun) Middle English armes (plural) ≪ Latin arma, as above
1200–50 for v.; 1300–50 for noun; (v.) Middle English armen < Anglo-French, Old French armer < Latin armāre to arm, verbal derivative of arma (plural) tools, weapons (not akin to arm1); (noun) Middle English armes (plural) ≪ Latin arma, as above
Related forms
arm·less, adjective
Synonyms
8. outfit.
8. outfit.
Antonyms
5. deactivate, disarm.
5. deactivate, disarm.
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Word Origin & History
arm
"weapon," c.1300, from O.Fr. armes (pl.), 11c., from L. arma "weapons," lit. "tools, implements (of war)," from PIE base *ar- "fit, join." The notion seems to be "that which is fitted together." Meaning "heraldic insignia" (in coat of arms, etc.) is early 14c.; originally they were borne on shields of
EXPANDfully armed knights or barons. The verb meaning "to furnish with weapons" is from c.1200.
COLLAPSE
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Medical Dictionary
arm 1 (ärm)
n.
An upper limb of the human body, connecting the hand and wrist to the shoulder.
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