arméer

Arméer is a French verb that denotes the act of supplying with weapons or arming someone or something. In modern French, the standard verb for this action is armer; arméer is generally regarded as archaic, literary, or regional and is encountered mainly in historical texts or older prose. The sense remains the same: to provide weapons, munitions, or defensive means to a person, a group, a fortification, or a state.

Etymology and related forms reflect the same root as the noun arme (weapon). Arméer derives from Latin armare, meaning to equip with arms, through the Old French development of armer. The modern noun arme and related terms such as armérie (armory), armurier (armorer), and armée (army) share this common root.

Usage and register: today arméer is rarely used in contemporary writing and speech. When it appears, it typically signals a historical, literary, or regional register and is often treated as an obsolete variant of armer. In ordinary contexts, armer or other expressions such as munir d’armes (to furnish with weapons) are preferred.

See also: armer, arme, armée, armurerie, armurier, armérie.