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weap⋅on

[wep-uhn]
–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.)


weaponed, adjective
weap⋅on⋅less, adjective
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Word Origin & History

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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