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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

'ARMING, ppr. Equipping with arms; providing with the means of defense or attack; also, preparing for resistance in a moral sense.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war [syn: arming, armament, equipping] [ant: disarmament, disarming]

U.S. Military Dictionary

As applied to explosives, weapons, and ammunition, the changing from a safe condition to a state of readiness for initiation.

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

Arming Arm"ing, n. 1. The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms. The arming was now universal. --Macaulay. 2. (Naut.) A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom. --Totten. 3. pl. (Naut.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays. Arming press (Bookbinding), a press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.