arms
noun
- weapons of combat
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɑɹmz/ / /ɑːmz/
noun
Etymology: See arm.
- plural of arm
verb
Etymology: From Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 2.
- third-person singular simple present indicative of arm
“If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!”