beweapon
beweapon verb: to furnish, fit, or supply with a weapon; arm.
Verb
beweapon (third-person singular simple present beweapons, present participle beweaponing, simple past and past participle beweaponed)
- To furnish, fit, or supply with a weapon; arm.
- And when men were drunk in the evening, King Ingjald spake to Folkvid and Hulvid, the sons of Svipdag, and bade them beweapon themselves and their men even as had been settled earlier in the evening.1891, Snorri Sturlson, Heimskringla: - Page 191
- [...] their javelins, which were easily unslung and thrown from their pouches from horseback, spurred their mounts forward and were at the surviving German guardsmen before they could unslung their shields or beweapon themselves properly.2009, John Van Kirk, The Aconian War - Page 266
Forms of beweapon
| third-person singular present | beweapons |
|---|---|
| present participle | beweaponing |
| past participle | beweaponed |
| past | beweaponed |
Origin of beweapon
From be- (“on, at, upon”) + weapon. Compare Old English bewǣpnian (“to disarm”).
Questions about beweapon
- What does beweapon mean?
- Beweapon means to furnish, fit, or supply with a weapon; arm.
- What part of speech is beweapon?
- Beweapon is a verb.
- What is the past tense of beweapon?
- The past tense of beweapon is beweaponed.
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