arm (2)

t. & i. [From Eng. arm (2). In Fr. armer; Sp. & Port. armar Ital. armare; Lat. armo to furnish with implements, and spec., with warlike weapons; from arm a = arms.] A. Transitive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Lit. To equip with weapons, defensive or offensive. "And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of bra upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail."-1 Sam . -1 Sam . xvii. 38. 2. Figuratively : (a) Of material things : To add to anything what will give it greater strength or efficiency. "You must arm your ur hook with the line in the inside of it."-Walton: Angler. (b) Of things immaterial: To impart to the mind or heart any thing that will make it more fitted for offence or defence; to provide against. arm yourselves likewise with the same mind." -1 Pet. iv. L. IL Technically: Magnetism. To arm a magnet is to connect its poles by means of a soft iron bar. [ARMATURE.] B. Intransitive : To equip with weapons of war. (Used of individuals or of communities.) and thus aloud exclaims: Pope: Homer's Iliad , bk. xvi., 155-56. Arm , arm , Patroclus!