From Middle French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, from Vulgar Latin acconsūtūrāre, from Latin ad + consūtūra, from Latin cōnsuō, from Latin con- + suō, first attested in the 1590s.

• (America) IPA: /əˈku tɚ/

accouter (accouters, present participle accoutering; simple past and past participle accoutered)

1. (transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service

   Synonyms: equip, attire, array, Thesaurus:clothe

   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene iv], page 177 ↗, column 1:

     […] Ile hold thee any wager / When we are both accoutered like yong men, / Ile proue the prettier fellow of the two, […]

   • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act I, scene ii], page 110 ↗, column 2:

     Vpon the word, / Accoutred as I was, I plunged in,

• accouterment

• French: accoutrer
• German: ausrüsten