armed

Definition

Equipped, especially with a weapon.

Etymology

From arm (“to equip with a weapon”) + -ed.

Example Sentences

• "nuclear-armed"
• "a distemper eminently armed from heaven"
• "The naked eye then will immediately direct us, by means of the two stars just mentioned, towards the place where, in the finder, the armed eye will perceive the double star in question about ¾ degree from the 44th Lyncis."