armed

Etymology 1

arm (“to equip with a weapon”) + -ed.

adj

1. (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
   nuclear-armed
2. (of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
3. (obsolete) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
   a distemper eminently armed from heaven 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year
   The naked eye then will immediately direct us, by means of the two stars just mentioned, towards the place where, in the finder, the armed eye will perceive the double star in question about ¾ degree from the 44th Lyncis. 1821, Sir William Herschel, Catalogue of Double Stars
4. (botany) Having prickles or thorns.

verb

1. simple past and past participle of arm

Etymology 2

arm (“the upper limb of the body”) + -ed.

adj

1. (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
2. (of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
   the four-armed creature.
   the strong-armed man.
3. (heraldry, of animals) Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.