Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beweapon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-weapon
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To furnish, fit, or supply with a weapon; arm.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"And when men were drunk in the evening, King Ingjald spake to Folkvid and Hulvid, the sons of Svipdag, and bade them beweapon themselves and their men even as had been settled earlier in the evening."
"[...] their javelins, which were easily unslung and thrown from their pouches from horseback, spurred their mounts forward and were at the surviving German guardsmen before they could unslung their shields or beweapon themselves properly."

Etymology

From be- (“on, at, upon”) + weapon. Compare Old English bewǣpnian (“to disarm”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

beweapons (present, singular) beweaponing (participle, present) beweaponed (participle, past) beweaponed (past)

Questions

What does beweapon mean?: To furnish, fit, or supply with a weapon; arm.
Where does beweapon come from?: From be- (“on, at, upon”) + weapon. Compare Old English bewǣpnian (“to disarm”).

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