accoutre
101tré — abattrai accoutré accroîtrai adextré admettrai administré apparaîtrai arbitré attitré attrait autocentré autoportrait battrai bistré cache entrée cadastrai calamistré calfeutré castré centré chapitrai chronométré châtré cintré claustré cloîtré… …
102accouter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. outfit, attire, equip. See clothing, provision. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) (or accoutre) verb To supply what is needed for some activity or purpose: appoint, equip, fit1, fit out (or up), furnish,… …
103appoint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. prescribe, assign, ordain; place, designate, nominate; equip, rig. See commission, command. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To designate] Syn. select, designate, elect, name; see delegate 1 , 2 . 2. [To… …
104arm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. limb, member; branch, wing; weapon, strength. See arms, power, part. v. equip. See provision. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The upper human limb] Syn. member, appendage, forelimb, forearm, fin*, soupbone*. 2 …
105attire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dress, clothing, garb. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. dress, clothing, apparel, garb, costume, raiment, *duds, *togs, outfit, garments, *threads. II v. dress, clothe, garb, deck out, fit out,… …
106equip — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. furnish, outfit, rig [out], provide; accouter, appoint, dress, accommodate, array, attire; arm, gird. See clothing, preparation, provision. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To supply] Syn. furnish, outfit,… …
107rig — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. equip, furnish, fit out; improvise, jury rig; appoint; scheme, manipulate, maneuver, fix (inf.), frame (inf.); clothe, outfit. n. rigging, ropes, ropework, cordage, ratlines, shrouds, stays, wires;… …
108accoutrements — ac|cou|tre|ments [əˈku:trımənts] n also ac|cou|ter|ments [əˈku:təmənts US tər ] AmE [plural] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: accoutrement, from accoutre to provide with equipment , from Old French cousture sewing, seam ] formal the equipment… …
109accouter — (v.) also accoutre, 1590s, from Fr. acoutrer, earlier acostrer (13c.) arrange, dispose, put on (clothing), originally swe up, from V.L. accosturare to sew together, sew up, from L. ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + *consutura a sewing together, from L.… …
110-re vs -er — In British usage, some words of French, Latin, or Greek origin end with a consonant followed by re, the re is actually pronounced /ər/. In the USA most of these words (note most not all) have the more phonetic spelling of er. The difference is… …
