transitive. To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of…

transitive. To bear or carry (arms, also a stick or cane). †Hence, to display (a heraldic charge) on one's shield.

To display as an armorial bearing; to bear (such or such a cognizance, etc.). Obsolete. Cf. to give arms at arms, n. phrases 1c.

To place in one's coat of arms; to assume as a heraldic bearing. Obsolete.