present participle and gerund of arm
The act of supplying (oneself or others) with armor and (now especially) arms and ammunition in preparation for a conflict; the act of providing with the means of defense and attack.
The arming was now universal.
The act of supplying with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task.
The novelty largely consists in the arming of such subordinate officials of the statutory court with the new magic wand of the record book and of spoken English;[…]
The act of preparing a tool or a weapon for action; activation.
This insures the arming of the fuze when fired.
From Middle English armyng.
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