accoutre

• (chiefly US) accouter

• First attested in the 1590s.
• From 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”)

• enPR: ac-cou*tre, IPA^(key): /əˈkuːtə/

accoutre (third-person singular simple present accoutres, present participle accoutring or accoutreing, simple past and past participle accoutred)

1. (transitive) To furnish with dress, or equipment, especially those for military service; to equip.

   Synonyms: attire, array

   • 1600, William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, III-iv

     Both accoutred like young men.

   • 1810, Reuben Percy and Sholto Percy, The Percy Anecdotes

     It was therefore resolved that the king should ride on Humphrey Penderel's horse, which was taken from the grass, and accoutred with a pitiful old saddle and a worse bridle.

   • 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion

     Both while he trod the earth in humblest guise
     Accoutred with his burden and his staff

   • 6 July 2017, Tyrel Rodricks, Architectural Digest India, We can’t take our eyes off the BMW 8 Series concept car

     The hexagonal design motifs seen around the exterior are featured extensively in the carbon-fibre and leather accoutred interiors.

• accoutrement

• accouter, cocurate

• Homophones: accoutrent, accoutres

accoutre

1. first-person singular present indicative of accoutrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of accoutrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of accoutrer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of accoutrer
5. second-person singular imperative of accoutrer