Weapon Definition
wĕpən
weapons
noun
weapons
An instrument or device of any kind designed or used to injure or kill, as in fighting or hunting.
Webster's New World
Any organ or part of an organism used for attacking or defending.
Webster's New World
Any means of attack or defense.
The weapon of the law.
Webster's New World
A means used to defend against or defeat another.
Logic was her weapon.
American Heritage
An implement used or designed to be used to kill or injure a person. See also gun-control law.
Webster's New World Law
verb
To supply with weapons or a weapon; arm.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Weapon
Noun
Singular:
weaponPlural:
weaponsOrigin of Weapon
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From Middle English wepen, from Old English wÇ£pen (“weapon, sword, arms"), from Proto-Germanic *wÄ“pnÄ… (“weapon"), of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wÄ“bnom. Cognate with Scots wapyn, wappen (“weapon"), West Frisian wapen (“weapon"), Dutch wapen (“weapon"), Low German wapen (“weapon"), German Waffe (“weapon"), Swedish vapen (“weapon"), Icelandic vopn (“weapon").
From Wiktionary
Middle English wepen from Old English wǣpen
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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