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weap·on

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–noun

1.	any instrument or device for use in attack or defense in combat, fighting, or war, as a sword, rifle, or cannon.

2.	anything used against an opponent, adversary, or victim: the deadly weapon of satire.

3.	Zoology. any part or organ serving for attack or defense, as claws, horns, teeth, or stings.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to supply or equip with a weapon or weapons: to weapon aircraft with heat-seeking missiles.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME wepen, OE wǣpen; c. G Waffe, ON vāpn, Goth wépna (pl.)

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—Related forms

weaponed, adjective

weap·on·less, adjective

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weap·on Audio Help (wěp'ən) Pronunciation Key
n.

An instrument of attack or defense in combat, as a gun, missile, or sword.
Zoology A part or organ, such as a claw or stinger, used by an animal in attack or defense.
A means used to defend against or defeat another: Logic was her weapon.

tr.v. weap·oned, weap·on·ing, weap·ons
To supply with weapons or a weapon; arm.

[Middle English wepen, from Old English wǣpen.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
weapon

O.E. wæpen "instrument of fighting and defense," from P.Gmc. *wæpnan (cf. O.S. wapan, O.N. vapn, Dan. vaaben, O.Fris. wepin, M.Du. wapen, O.H.G. waffen, Ger. wafen (neut.), waffe (fem.)), from *webno-m, of unknown origin with no cognates outside Gmc.

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weapon
noun
1.	any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"
2.	a means of persuading or arguing; "he used all his conversational weapons"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
weapon [ˈwepən] noun

any instrument or means which is used for one's own defence or for attacking others
Example: Rifles, arrows, atom bombs and tanks are all weapons; The police are looking for the murder weapon; Surprise is our best weapon.

Arabic:	سِلاح
Chinese (Simplified):	武器
Chinese (Traditional):	武器
Czech:	zbraň
Danish:	våben
Dutch:	wapen
Estonian:	relv
Finnish:	ase
French:	arme
German:	die Waffe
Greek:	όπλο
Hungarian:	fegyver
Icelandic:	vopn
Indonesian:	senjata
Italian:	arma

Japanese:	武器
Korean:	무기, 공격 수단
Latvian:	ierocis
Lithuanian:	ginklas
Norwegian:	våpen
Polish:	broń
Portuguese (Brazil):	arma
Portuguese (Portugal):	arma
Romanian:	armă
Russian:	оружие
Slovak:	zbraň
Slovenian:	orožje
Spanish:	arma
Swedish:	vapen
Turkish:	silâh

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Weapon

Wap"en*take\ (?; 277), n. [AS. w?penge??c, w?pent[=a]c, from Icel. v[=a]pnat[=a]k, literally, a weapon taking or weapon touching, hence an expression of assent ("si displicuit sententia fremitu aspernantur; sin placuit frameas concutiunt." --Tacitus, "Germania," xi.). See Weapon, and Take. This name had its origin in a custom of touching lances or spears when the hundreder, or chief, entered on his office. "Cum quis accipiebat pr[ae]fecturam wapentachii, die statuto in loco ubi consueverant congregari, omnes majores natu contra eum conveniebant, et descendente eo de equo suo, omnes assurgebant ei. Ipse vero, erecta lancea sua, ab omnibus secundum morem f[oe]dus accipiebat; omnes enim quot-quot venissent cum lanceis suis ipsius hastam tangebant, et ita se confirmabant per contactum armorum, pace palam concessa. W[ae]pnu enim arma sonat; tac, tactus est -- hac de causa totus ille conventus dicitur Wapentac, eo quod per tactum armorum suorum ad invicem conf[oe]derati sunt." --L L. Edward Confessor, 33. D. Wilkins.] In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds. [Written also wapentac.] --Selden. Blackstone.

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