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accouter
 
SYLLABICATION:ac·cou·ter
PRONUNCIATION:  -ktr
VARIANT FORMS: or ac·cou·tre
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: ac·cou·tered or ac·cou·tred, ac·cou·ter·ing or ac·cou·tre·ing, ac·cou·ters or ac·cou·tres
To outfit and equip, as for military duty. See synonyms at furnish.
ETYMOLOGY:French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, arrange, equip : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad–) + coustrer, sew; see couture.
 
 
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