Definition of accouter

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ac·cou·ter or ac·cou·tre    (-ktr) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
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.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, arrange, equip : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + coustrer, sew ; see couture