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Attire

Attire Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Attire? [n] clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion [v] put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Attire: deck out \| deck up \| dress \| dress up \| fancy up \| fig out \| fig up \| garb \| get up \| gussy up \| overdress \| prink \| rig out \| tog out \| tog up \| trick out \| trick up Related Terms \| Find terms related to Attire: accouter \| apparel \| appoint \| arm \| array \| bedeck \| bedizenment \| bedrape \| bundle up \| clad \| clothe \| clothes \| clothing \| costume \| deck \| dight \| drape \| drapery \| dress \| dressing \| dud \| duds \| enclothe \| endue \| enrobe \| enshroud \| envelop \| enwrap \| equip \| fashion \| fatigues \| feathers \| fig \| garb \| garment \| garments \| gear \| guise \| habiliment \| habiliments \| habilitate \| habit \| invest \| investiture \| investment \| lap \| linen \| muffle up \| outfit \| rag out \| rags \| raiment \| robe \| robes \| sheathe \| shroud \| sportswear \| style \| swaddle \| swathe \| things \| threads \| tire \| togs \| toilette \| trim \| vestment \| vesture \| wear \| wearing apparel \| wrap \| wrap up See Also \| apparel \| article of clothing \| bedizen \| clothes \| clothing \| costume \| disguise \| dizen \| ecclesiastical attire \| ecclesiastical robe \| enrobe \| evening clothes \| evening dress \| eveningwear \| formalwear \| get dressed \| getup \| habit \| morning dress \| outfit \| plume \| prank \| preen \| primp \| rig \| Sunday best \| tart up \| vesture \| wear \| wearing apparel Attire In Webster's Dictionary \Attire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Attiring}.] [OE. atiren to array, dispose, arrange, OF. atirier; [`a] (L. ad) + F. tire rank, order, row; of Ger. origin: cf. As. tier row, OHG. ziar[=i], G. zier, ornament, zieren to adorn. Cf. {Tire} a headdress.] To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments. Finely attired in a robe of white. --Shak. With the linen miter shall he be attired. --Lev. xvi. 4. \Attire"\, n. 1. Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing. Earth in her rich attire. --Milton. I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire. --Shak. Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire? --Jer. ii. 32. 2. The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck. 3. (Bot.) The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla. [Obs.] --Johnson.

Attire Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Attire?

[n] clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
[v] put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"

Attire In Webster's Dictionary

\At*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attired}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Attiring}.] [OE. atiren to array, dispose, arrange, OF.
atirier; [`a] (L. ad) + F. tire rank, order, row; of Ger.
origin: cf. As. tier row, OHG. ziar[=i], G. zier, ornament,
zieren to adorn. Cf. {Tire} a headdress.]
To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or
splendid garments.

      Finely attired in a robe of white.       --Shak.

      With the linen miter shall he be attired. --Lev. xvi.
                                               4.


\At*tire"\, n.
1. Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or
   adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.

         Earth in her rich attire.             --Milton.

         I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire. --Shak.

         Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her
         attire?                               --Jer. ii. 32.

2. The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.

3. (Bot.) The internal parts of a flower, included within the
   calyx and the corolla. [Obs.] --Johnson.

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