{ } v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accoutered or Accoutred p. pr. & vb. n. Accoutering or Accoutring. ] [ F. accouter, OF. accoutrer, accoustrer; à (L. ad) + perh. LL. custor, for custos guardian, sacristan (cf. Custody), or perh. akin to E. guilt. ] To furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both accoutered like young men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

For this, in rags accoutered are they seen. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accoutered with his burden and his staff. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose especially military; as, troops accoutered for battle [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an item of clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of one's main clothing.
Syn. -- accessory, accouterment [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. pl. [ F. accoutrement, earlier also accoustrement, earlier also accoustrement. See Accouter. ] Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

How gay with all the accouterments of war! [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. avoutre, avoltre, fr. L. adulter. Cf. Adulterer. ] An adulterer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adulteress. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Advoutrer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., p.p. of outer to exaggerate, fr. L. ultra beyond. See Outrage. ] Out of the common course or limits; extravagant{ 2 }; bizarre; outlandish{ 2 }; as, an outré costume. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + PJC ]

My first mental development had in it much of the uncommon -- even much of the outré. E. A. Poe. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To reach beyond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of reaching out; an effort to build connections from one person or group to another; as, the Police Department insituted a community outreach program. [ PJC ]

2. The extension of assistance or services to persons or groups not previously served. [ PJC ]

v. t. To excel or surpass in reasoning; to reason better than. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exceed in reckoning or computation. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. outre beyond + cuider to think, L. cogitare. ] Excessive presumption. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surpass in giving rede, or counsel. [ Obs. ] See Atrede. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of, or longer than. [ R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]