See munition in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"gloss1": "fortify, defend (with a wall)",
"nocat": "1"
},
"expansion": "mūnīre (“fortify, defend (with a wall)”) + -tiō",
"name": "suf"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "munite",
"3": "-ion"
},
"expansion": "munite + -ion",
"name": "suf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin mūnitiō (“a defence, fortification”) via French munition, from mūnīre (“fortify, defend (with a wall)”) + -tiō, from moenia (“city walls, defensive walls, or walls in general”). Equivalent to munite + -ion.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "munitions",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "munitioning",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "munitioned",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "munitioned",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "munition (third-person singular simple present munitions, present participle munitioning, simple past and past participle munitioned)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 154:",
"text": "Why was I there, munitioning, blacklegging, slaving as though my bread depended on it?",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To supply with munitions."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To supply with munitions."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌmjuˈnɪʃən/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-munition.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-munition.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-munition.wav.mp3",
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}
],
"word": "munition"
}
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