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accoutering

accoutering is the present participle and gerund of accouter.

Meaning of accouter

Verb

accouter (third-person singular simple present accouters, present participle accoutering, simple past and past participle accoutered)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service.
    • […] Ile hold thee any wager / When we are both accoutered like yong men, / Ile proue the prettier fellow of the two, […]c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about accoutering

What is accoutering the present participle and gerund of?
Accoutering is the present participle and gerund of accouter.

Words near accoutering in the dictionary

  1. accourted
  2. accourting
  3. accourts
  4. accouter
  5. accoutered
  6. accoutering
  7. accouterment
  8. accouterments
  9. accouters
  10. accoutre
  11. accoutred

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