beweapon

English

Etymology

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

Verb

beweapon (third-person singular simple present beweapons, present participle beweaponing, simple past and past participle beweaponed)

1. (transitive, often reflexive) To furnish, fit, or supply with a weapon; arm.
   • 1891, Snorri Sturlson, Heimskringla: - Page 191:

     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.

   • 2009, John Van Kirk, The Aconian War - Page 266:

     [...] 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.