REARM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rearm mean? 

• REARM (verb)
  The verb REARM has 2 senses:

1. arm again

2. arm anew

  Familiarity information: REARM used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REARM (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they rearm    ... he / she / it rearms   
Past simple: rearmed   
Past participle: rearmed   
-ing form: rearming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arm again

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

After the war, the defeated country was not rearmed by the victors

Hypernyms (to "rearm" is one way to...):

arm (supply with arms)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

rearmament (the act of arming again)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Arm anew

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

re-arm; rearm

Context example:

After the war, the defeated country was not allowed to rearm

Hypernyms (to "rearm" is one way to...):

arm; build up; fortify; gird (prepare oneself for a military confrontation)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

rearmament (the act of arming again)