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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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Origin:
1870–75; re- + arm 2

Related forms:
re⋅ar⋅ma⋅ment  [ree-ahr-muh-muhnt] , noun
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re·arm   (rē-ärm')   
v.   re·armed, re·arm·ing, re·arms

v.   tr.

  1. To arm again.

  2. To equip with better weapons.

v.   intr.
To arm oneself again.
re·ar'ma·ment (rē-är'mə-mənt) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

rearm 
1870, from re- "back, again" + arm (v.) "to supply with arms."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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