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arms

noun

  1. weapons of combat
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɑɹmz/ / /ɑːmz/

noun

Etymology: See arm.

  1. 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.

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of arm

    If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!