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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

'ARMED, pp.
1. Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security; fortified, in a moral sense.
2. In heraldry, armed is when the beaks, talons, horns, or teeth of beasts and birds of prey are of a different color from the rest of the body.
3. Capped and cased as the load stone; that is set in iron.
An armed ship is one which is taken into the service of government for a particular occasion, and armed like a ship of war.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms; "armed robbery" [ant: unarmed]
2: having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination; "the many-armed goddess Shiva" [ant: armless]
3: (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns [ant: unarmed]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 13th century 1. a. furnished with weapons <an armed guard> b. furnished with something that provides security, strength, or efficacy <armed with knowledge> 2. marked by the maintenance of armed forces in readiness <an armed truce> II. adjective Date: 1606 having an arm or arms especially of a specified kind or number — usually used in combination <long-armed> <two-armed>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Arm Arm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Armed; p. pr. & vb. n. Arming.] [OE. armen, F. armer, fr. L. armare, fr. arma, pl., arms. See arms.] 1. To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. [Obs.] And make him with our pikes and partisans A grave: come, arm him. --Shak. Arm your prize; I know you will not lose him. --Two N. Kins. 2. To furnish with arms or limbs. [R.] His shoulders broad and strong, Armed long and round. --Beau. & Fl. 3. To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country. Abram . . . armed his trained servants. --Gen. xiv. 14. 4. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling. 5. Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense. Arm yourselves . . . with the same mind. --1 Pet. iv. 1. To arm a magnet, to fit it with an armature.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Armed Armed, a. 1. Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection. ``And armed host.'' --Dryden. 2. Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency. A distemper eminently armed from heaven. --De Foe. 3. (Her.) Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey. Armed at all points (Blazoning), completely incased in armor, sometimes described as armed cap-[`a]-pie. --Cussans. Armed en flute. (Naut.) See under Flute. Armed magnet, a magnet provided with an armature. Armed neutrality. See under Neutrality.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is armed is carrying a weapon, usually a gun. City police said the man was armed with a revolver. ...a barbed-wire fence patrolled by armed guards... The rebels are well organised, disciplined and very well armed. ADJ 2. An armed attack or conflict involves people fighting with guns or carrying weapons. They had been found guilty of armed robbery. ? unarmed ADJ: ADJ n 3. see also arm, -armed

Moby Thesaurus

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