armed

/ɑːmd//ɑɹmd/

verb

1
To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
“The king armed his knights with swords and shields.”
2
To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.
“Remember to arm the alarm system before leaving for work.”
3
To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
“to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling”
4
To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
5
To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
6
To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

1
(sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
“nuclear-armed”
2
(of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
3
Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
4
Having prickles or thorns.

1
(chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
2
(of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
“the four-armed creature.”
3
(heraldry, of animals) Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.

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