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re·arm

(rē-ärm′)

v. re·armed, re·arm·ing, re·arms

v.tr.

1. To arm again.

2. To equip with better weapons.

v.intr.

To arm oneself again.

re·ar′ma·ment (rē-är′mə-mənt) n.

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rearm

(riːˈɑːm)

1. (Military) to arm again

2. (Military) (tr) to equip (an army, a nation, etc) with better weapons

reˈarmament n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

re•arm

(riˈɑrm)

v.t.

1. to arm again.

2. to furnish with new or better weapons.

v.i.

3. to become armed again.

[1870–75]

re•ar′ma•ment (-mə mənt) n.

rearm

Past participle: rearmed
Gerund: rearming

Imperative
rearm
rearm

Present
I rearm
you rearm
he/she/it rearms
we rearm
you rearm
they rearm

Preterite
I rearmed
you rearmed
he/she/it rearmed
we rearmed
you rearmed
they rearmed

Present Continuous
I am rearming
you are rearming
he/she/it is rearming
we are rearming
you are rearming
they are rearming

Present Perfect
I have rearmed
you have rearmed
he/she/it has rearmed
we have rearmed
you have rearmed
they have rearmed

Past Continuous
I was rearming
you were rearming
he/she/it was rearming
we were rearming
you were rearming
they were rearming

Past Perfect
I had rearmed
you had rearmed
he/she/it had rearmed
we had rearmed
you had rearmed
they had rearmed

Future
I will rearm
you will rearm
he/she/it will rearm
we will rearm
you will rearm
they will rearm

Future Perfect
I will have rearmed
you will have rearmed
he/she/it will have rearmed
we will have rearmed
you will have rearmed
they will have rearmed

Future Continuous
I will be rearming
you will be rearming
he/she/it will be rearming
we will be rearming
you will be rearming
they will be rearming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rearming
you have been rearming
he/she/it has been rearming
we have been rearming
you have been rearming
they have been rearming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rearming
you will have been rearming
he/she/it will have been rearming
we will have been rearming
you will have been rearming
they will have been rearming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rearming
you had been rearming
he/she/it had been rearming
we had been rearming
you had been rearming
they had been rearming

Conditional
I would rearm
you would rearm
he/she/it would rearm
we would rearm
you would rearm
they would rearm

Past Conditional
I would have rearmed
you would have rearmed
he/she/it would have rearmed
we would have rearmed
you would have rearmed
they would have rearmed

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Verb	1.	rearm - arm again; "After the war, the defeated country was not rearmed by the victors" arm - supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"
	2.	rearm - arm anew; "After the war, the defeated country was not allowed to rearm" re-arm arm, gird, build up, fortify - prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"

Translations

يُعيدُ تَسْليح

přezbrojit

genopruste

wiederaufrüsten

réarmer

újra felfegyverez

endurvopnast; endurnÿja vopnabúnaî

riarmare

perginklavimasperginkluotipersiginklavimaspersiginkluoti

pārapbruņot

gjenoppruste oppruste

prezbrojiť

yeniden silâhlannmak

重整军备

rearm

[ˈriːˈɑːm]

A. VT → rearmar

B. VI → rearmarse

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rearm

re-arm [ˌriːˈɑː^rm]

vi → se réarmer

vt → réarmer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rearm

vt country → wieder bewaffnen; forces, troops → neu ausrüsten or ausstatten

vi → wieder aufrüsten, neue Ausrüstung anschaffen, sich neu ausrüsten

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

rearm

[ˌriːˈɑːm]

1. vt → riarmare

2. vi → riarmarsi

rearm

(riːˈaːm) verb

to give or get weapons again, especially weapons of a new type.

reˈarmament (-məmənt) noun

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