Lexic.us

Definition of Armed

1. Adjective. (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms. "Armed robbery"

2. Adjective. Having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination. "The many-armed goddess Shiva"

3. Adjective. (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns.

Definition of Armed

1. a. Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection.

Definition of Armed

1. Adjective. Equipped, especially with a weapon. ¹

2. Adjective. (Of a weapon) prepared for use; loaded. ¹

3. Verb. (past of arm) ¹

4. Adjective. (mostly in combination) Having an arm or arms. ¹

5. Adjective. (heraldry of horns, teeth, beaks, etc.) Coloured in a different tincture from the beast or bird itself. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Armed

1. arm [v] - See also: arm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Armed

armatureless armatures armaturing armband armbands armbone armbraces armchair armchair(a) armchair general

armchair generals armchair hawk armchair hawks armchair liberal armchairs armed (current term) armed bullhead armed combat armed forces armed forces censorship

armed macrophage armed probe armed robberies armed robbery armed rostellum armed service armed services armed tapeworm armedness armenia

Literary usage of Armed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1918)
"4629, the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the honor to inform the Legation that the admission of belligerent armed merchant snips to the ports, ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1906)
"Thus the First armed Neutrality came into being (1780). France and Spain hailed Catharine's programme with more enthusiasm than regard for consistency. ..."

3. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1903)
"So then Sir Tristram rode daily a-hunting armed, and his men bearing his shield and ... Right so Sir Tristram saw where came a knight armed, upon a noble ..."

4. The Immediate Causes of the Great War by Oliver Perry Chitwood (1918)
"munitions and was thus armed. The Allies, on the other hand, had not provided for enough military supplies for the war and were, therefore, ..."

5. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... ships, and heavy-armed. Tho Athenians also -sent twenty ships to cruise round tho Péloponnèse, and to keep guard that none might cross over from Corinth ..."

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