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Definition of Rearms
1. rearm [v] - See also: rearm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rearms
Literary usage of Rearms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... rearms came into use they were for a long time forestalled by the Portuguese,
who ousted them from the ..."
2. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empireby Edward Gibbon by Edward Gibbon (1837)
"... despised 'rearms and imprisoned their deputies; the o and victory of Antioch
prompted him those formidable champions with gifts of hone and silk robes, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... or written matter, the sale of journals, the surveillance of strangers or
fugitives, the system of passports, the sale of gunpowder and fi rearms, ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The monasteries of Premonstratensian Canons were early grouped in circles («rearms),
at the head of which was a "cir- cator" whose office resembled that of ..."
5. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... rearms has led to an increased demand for their services. It is now relatively
easy to trace out the considerations which should govern the employment ..."
6. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"A term of farriery To FIRE. !•. ... To take fire; to be kindled. To firearms.
Smith. FI'rearms. na Arms which owe their efli- be inflamed with passion. ..."
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