armiedadj.
/ˈɑːmɪd/, U.S. /ˈɑrmid/ Chiefly poetic. Now rare.
Forming an army; gathered or assembled into, or as if into, an army; army-like.
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armied1796
1796 W. Gilbert Hurricane i. 11 Armied spirits formed, in Fire and Earth And Air and Seas a phalanx of avengers.
1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 358 I hear the armied torrent of their wings, Hitherward streaming.
1865 A. M. Hemenway Mystical Rose 105 When as a prince the armied host it led.
1916 World Court Nov. 218 Putting aside all selfish desire, determined that its power and its right, its armied men should be used.
2008 R. Matheson Box (2009) 218 Armied in their pews, the people sang.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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