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weap⋅on

  [wep-uhn]
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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 wēpna (pl.)

Related forms:
weaponed, adjective
weap⋅on⋅less, adjective
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weap·on   (wěp'ən)   
n.  
  1. An instrument of attack or defense in combat, as a gun, missile, or sword.
  2. Zoology A part or organ, such as a claw or stinger, used by an animal in attack or defense.
  3. 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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Weapon

Weap"on\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wepen, AS. w?pen; akin to OS. w?pan, OFries. w?pin, w?pen, D. wapen, G. waffe, OHG. waffan, w[=a]fan, Icel. v[=a]pn, Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen, Goth. w?pna, pl.; of uncertain origin. Cf. Wapentake.]

1. An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc.

The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. --2 Cor. x. 4.

They, astonished, all resistance lost, All courage; down their idle weapons dropped. --Milton.

2. Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon. "Woman's weapons, water drops." --Shak.

3. (Bot.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished.

Concealed weapons. See under Concealed.

Weapon salve, a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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Language Translation for : weapon
Spanish: arma,
German: die Waffe,
Japanese: 武器
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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