armed

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑɹmd/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɑːmd/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹmɪd/

arm (“to equip with a weapon”) +‎ -ed.

armed (comparative more armed, superlative most armed)

1. (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.

   nuclear-armed

2. (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
3. (obsolete) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
   • De Foe

     a distemper eminently armed from heaven

4. (botany) Having prickles or thorns.

• armed forces
• armed response
• armed robber
• armed robbery
• armed to the teeth
• unarmed

armed

1. simple past tense and past participle of arm

arm (“the upper limb of the body”) +‎ -ed.

armed (not comparable)

1. (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
2. (of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.

   the four-armed creature.

   the strong-armed man.

3. (heraldry, of horns, teeth, beaks, etc.) Coloured in a different tincture from the beast or bird itself.

• one-armed
• two-armed

• -derma, Mader, ad rem, dearm, derma, derma-, dream, m'dear, medar, ramed

From Latin armātus.

armed m (feminine singular armeda, masculine plural armeds, feminine plural armedes)

1. armed