To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
The king armed his knights with swords and shields.
To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.
Remember to arm the alarm system before leaving for work.
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
To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
(sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
nuclear-armed
(of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
Having prickles or thorns.
(chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
(of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
the four-armed creature.
(heraldry, of animals) Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.