beweapon

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verb

To furnish, fit, or supply with a weapon; arm.

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Meanings

verbbeweapon (third-person singular simple present beweapons, present participle beweaponing, simple past and past participle beweaponed)

present singular third person beweapons · participle present beweaponing · participle past beweaponed · past beweaponed

  1. oftenreflexivetransitiveTo 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
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    [...] 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
arm

Origin

From be- (“on, at, upon”) + weapon. Compare Old English bewǣpnian (“to disarm”).

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APA

beweapon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beweapon

MLA

“beweapon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beweapon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beweapon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beweapon.

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