apparel (verb)

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• apparel — ► NOUN formal ▪ clothing. ► VERB (apparelled, apparelling; US appareled, appareling) archaic ▪ clothe. ORIGIN Old French apareillier, from Latin ad to + par equal …   English terms dictionary

• apparel — 1 noun (U) 1 formal clothes, especially clothes worn on a special occasion: the Queen s ceremonial apparel 2 ladies /men s/children s apparel especially AmE a word for clothes, often used in shops 2 verb (transitive + in) old use to dress someone …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• apparel — I. transitive verb ( eled or elled; eling or elling) Etymology: Middle English appareillen, from Anglo French apparailler to prepare, from Vulgar Latin *appariculare, from Latin apparare Date: 14th century 1. to put clothes on ; dress …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• apparel — [13] Apparel has the same source as apparatus, and originally it had the same meaning, too: until as late as the start of the 18th century, it was used for ‘equipment needed for performing a particular function’. But the sense ‘clothing’ is of… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• apparel — [13] Apparel has the same source as apparatus, and originally it had the same meaning, too: until as late as the start of the 18th century, it was used for ‘equipment needed for performing a particular function’. But the sense ‘clothing’ is of… …   Word origins

• apparel — 1. noun /əˈpærəl,ʌˈpɛɹ.əl/ clothing 2. verb /əˈpærəl,ʌˈpɛɹ.əl/ a) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out …   Wiktionary

• apparel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See clothing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. clothes, attire, garments; see clothes . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. clothing, attire, garments, dress, outfit, garb, costume, accoutrement, raiment, *duds …   English dictionary for students

• apparel — [ə parəl] noun 1》 formal clothing. 2》 (apparels) embroidered ornamentation on ecclesiastical vestments. verb (apparels, apparelling, apparelled; US apparels, appareling, appareled) …   English new terms dictionary

• apparel — /əˈpærəl / (say uh paruhl) noun 1. a person s outer clothing; raiment. 2. Nautical the furnishings or equipment of a ship, as sails, anchors, guns, etc. –verb (t) (apparelled or, US, appareled, apparelling or, US, appareling) 3 …  

• dress up — verb 1. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive (Freq. 5) She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera The young girls were all fancied up for the party • Syn: ↑overdress, ↑fig out, ↑fig up, ↑deck up, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• wrap up — verb 1. arrange or fold as a cover or protection (Freq. 1) wrap the baby before taking her out Wrap the present • Syn: ↑wrap • Ant: ↑unwrap (for: ↑wrap …   Useful english dictionary