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rearm, v. Mil.|riːˈɑːm|
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To arm again; esp. to arm afresh with more modern weapons. Hence reˈarming vbl. n.
1871Pall Mall G. 6 Mar. 7 At this moment the effort of the Government is to rearm as many soldiers of the line as possible. 1898Daily News 31 Aug. 5/4 The recent re⁓arming of the German artillery with a new weapon.
So reˈarmament.
1870Observer 13 Nov., The revictualment of Paris is more important than the rearmament of France. 1905Daily Chron. 14 Mar. 1/7 The artillery rearmament scheme accounts for {pstlg}1,213,000. 1935Hansard Commons 22 May 363 Re-armament that could not fail to cause all lovers of peace considerable anxiety. 1938Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 60/2 In Great Britain the economic consequences of rearmament are..rather intangible and remote. 1938, etc. [see Moral Rearmament s.v. moral a. 7 f]. 1961Daily Worker 25 May 2 Without Britain's tolerance German rearmament in the air would be jeopardised. |