noun
Origin: ME < OFr artillerie < artillier (prob. altered by assoc. with arte, art) < atillier, to equip; dissimilated var. of atirier: see attire
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noun pl. ar·til·ler·ies
Origin:
Origin: Middle English artillerie
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from artillier, to equip
Origin: , perhaps alteration of atiller
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *apticulāre
Origin: , from Latin aptāre, to fit, adapt
Origin: , from aptus, apt; see apt
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