Meaning

• To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

Meaning

• 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.

Meaning

• (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.