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Armed Arm Arming Verb Bre ɑːm ɑːrm Country

Word arm
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / ɑːm / NAmE / ɑːrm /
Example
  • the country was arming against the enemy.
  • the men armed themselves with sticks and stones.
  • she had armed herself for the meeting with all the latest statistics.
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arm

(verb)BrE / ɑːm / NAmE / ɑːrm /
  1. to provide weapons for yourself/somebody in order to fight a battle or a war
    • see also armed
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/armed
    • The country was arming against the enemy.
    • The men armed themselves with sticks and stones.
    • She had armed herself for the meeting with all the latest statistics.
  2. to make a bomb, etc. ready to explode
    • compare disarm
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/disarm

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they arm
    • he / she / it arms
    • past simple armed
    • past participle armed
    • -ing form arming

    Word Origin

    • verb Middle English: from Old French armer (verb), from Latin armare, from arma ‘armour, arms’.
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