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re·arm

 (rē-ärm′)
v. re·armed, re·arm·ing, re·arms
v.tr.
1. To arm again.
2. To equip with better weapons.
v.intr.
To arm oneself again.

re·ar′ma·ment (rē-är′mə-mənt) n.
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rearm

(riːˈɑːm)
vb
1. (Military) to arm again
2. (Military) (tr) to equip (an army, a nation, etc) with better weapons
reˈarmament n
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re•arm

(riˈɑrm)

v.t.
1. to arm again.
2. to furnish with new or better weapons.
v.i.
3. to become armed again.
[1870–75]
re•ar′ma•ment (-mə mənt) n.
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rearm


Past participle: rearmed
Gerund: rearming

Imperative
rearm
rearm
Present
I rearm
you rearm
he/she/it rearms
we rearm
you rearm
they rearm
Preterite
I rearmed
you rearmed
he/she/it rearmed
we rearmed
you rearmed
they rearmed
Present Continuous
I am rearming
you are rearming
he/she/it is rearming
we are rearming
you are rearming
they are rearming
Present Perfect
I have rearmed
you have rearmed
he/she/it has rearmed
we have rearmed
you have rearmed
they have rearmed
Past Continuous
I was rearming
you were rearming
he/she/it was rearming
we were rearming
you were rearming
they were rearming
Past Perfect
I had rearmed
you had rearmed
he/she/it had rearmed
we had rearmed
you had rearmed
they had rearmed
Future
I will rearm
you will rearm
he/she/it will rearm
we will rearm
you will rearm
they will rearm
Future Perfect
I will have rearmed
you will have rearmed
he/she/it will have rearmed
we will have rearmed
you will have rearmed
they will have rearmed
Future Continuous
I will be rearming
you will be rearming
he/she/it will be rearming
we will be rearming
you will be rearming
they will be rearming
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rearming
you have been rearming
he/she/it has been rearming
we have been rearming
you have been rearming
they have been rearming
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rearming
you will have been rearming
he/she/it will have been rearming
we will have been rearming
you will have been rearming
they will have been rearming
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rearming
you had been rearming
he/she/it had been rearming
we had been rearming
you had been rearming
they had been rearming
Conditional
I would rearm
you would rearm
he/she/it would rearm
we would rearm
you would rearm
they would rearm
Past Conditional
I would have rearmed
you would have rearmed
he/she/it would have rearmed
we would have rearmed
you would have rearmed
they would have rearmed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.rearm - arm again; "After the war, the defeated country was not rearmed by the victors"
arm - supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"
2.rearm - arm anew; "After the war, the defeated country was not allowed to rearm"
arm, gird, build up, fortify - prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"
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Translations
يُعيدُ تَسْليح
přezbrojit
genopruste
újra felfegyverez
endurvopnast; endurnÿja vopnabúnaî
perginklavimasperginkluotipersiginklavimaspersiginkluoti
pārapbruņot
prezbrojiť
yeniden silâhlannmak

rearm

[ˈriːˈɑːm]
A. VTrearmar
B. VIrearmarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rearm

re-arm [ˌriːˈɑːrm]
vise réarmer
vtréarmer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rearm

vt countrywieder bewaffnen; forces, troopsneu ausrüsten or ausstatten
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

rearm

[ˌriːˈɑːm]
1. vtriarmare
2. viriarmarsi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

rearm

(riːˈaːm) verb
to give or get weapons again, especially weapons of a new type.
reˈarmament (-məmənt) noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
References in classic literature ?
They gravely rearmed themselves fromthe gun-room and trooped along at the tail of their guide, Sir Howard only pausing, in a sort of ecstasy, to point out the celebrated gilt summerhouse on which the gilt weathercock still stood crooked.
"We support proposals that bolster school security and respect constitutional rights including the right to due process and the rights of young adults to purchase fi rearms for hunting, sports shooting and their own self-defense," said Larry Keane, NSSF SVP and general counsel, in support of the president's initiative.
Ward was jailed for ve years at Teesside Crown Court in 2011, after admitting 11 counts of exposure, three charges of possessing a prohibited rearm and seven other rearms o"ences - and Mandy thought the ordeal, which lasted nine years and began in 2002, was nally over.
ANTI-GUN campaigner Bobby Turnbull has backed calls to increase the cost of rearms licensing fees.
All radio communications taking place during undercover rearms operations should be recorded and covert armed response vehicles should be tted with in car data recording systems, the IPCC said.
"e presence of rearms ocers can be upsetting but given the nature of the oence we are investigating this was a necessary precaution."
Recruitment is open for the very rst Citizens' Academy which will look at topics such as forensics, use of rearms, cyber crime and police dogs.
A man was arrested on suspicion of rearms and drugs oences, as well as assault.
1973: Keith Richards was arrested on charges of possession of cannabis and rearms 1976: The 1,850ft CN Tower opened in Toronto.
Fi rearms officers and trained negotiators swooped on a property just off the A810 Bearsden to Duntocher road in Hardgate, Clydebank, at around 8pm on Thursday.
A police spokesman said the move follows Jackley's arrest in Vermont in connection with alleged rearms and driving offences, and the discovery of the suspect package on the Worcester campus.