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English

Etymology

Old English wæpen

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /wɛpən/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-weapon.ogg



Noun

  1. an instrument of attack or defense in combat, e.g. a gun, missile, or sword
  2. an instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another


Translations

means of harming or exerting control


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Weapon \Weap"on\ (w[e^]p"[u^]n; 277), n. [OE. wepen, AS.
w[=ae]pen; akin to OS. w[=a]pan, OFries. w[=e]pin, w[=e]pen,
D. wapen, G. waffe, OHG. waffan, w[=a]fan, Icel. v[=a]pn,
Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen, Goth. w[=e]pna, pl.; of uncertain
origin. Cf. Wapentake.]
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1. An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something
to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in
destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a
sword, etc.
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The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. --2 Cor.
x. 4.
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They, astonished, all resistance lost,
All courage; down their idle weapons dropped.
--Milton.
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2. Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends
against another; as, argument was his only weapon.
"Woman's weapons, water drops." --Shak.
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3. (Bot.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants
are furnished.
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Concealed weapons. See under Concealed.

Weapon salve, a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by
being applied to the weapon that made it. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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WordNet weapon
n 1: any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or
hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" [syn: arm,
weapon system]
2: a means of persuading or arguing; "he used all his
conversational weapons" [syn: artillery]
Moby Dictionary
A-weapons , armament , arms , biological weapons ,
conventional weapons , cutting edge , deadly weapons , edge ,
edge tool , featheredge , instruments of destruction , knife-edge ,
missilery , munitions , musketry , nuclear weapons , ordnance ,
razor-edge , side arms , small arms , thermonuclear weapons , weaponry ,
weapons


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