accouter

Meaning

To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service

Synonyms

accoutre

equip

outfit

provide

fit out

rig

stock

supply

fit

furnish

gear

⚙️

gear up

habilitate

invest

kit

provision

store

tool

turn out

victual

kit out

dight

kit up

adorn

apparel

appoint

arm

armor

armour

clothe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈku tɚ/

Etymology

From Middle French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, from Vulgar Latin acconsūtūrāre (“to equip with clothes”), from Latin ad (“to”) + consūtūra (“sewing, clothes”), from Latin cōnsuō (“to sew together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + suō (“to sew”), first attested in the 1590s.