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ap·par·el
I. \əˈparəl also -er-\ transitive verb
(appareled or apparelled ; appareled or apparelled ; appareling or apparelling ; apparels)
Etymology: Middle English appareillen, from Old French apareillier to prepare, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin appariculare, irregular from Latin apparare
1. obsolete : to make or get ready : prepare or prepare for
2. : dress, clothe : attire
< appareled like circuit riders in Missouri — Frederick O'Brien >
3. archaic : to furnish (as a ship) with apparatus : fit out : equip
< how are such ships … rigged and appareled — Alan Moore >
4. : to clothe with ornaments : cover with something ornamental : adorn, deck, embellish
< the work is magnificently printed and tastefully appareled — E.E.Noth >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English appareil, from Old French apareil preparation, provision, furniture, from apareillier
1.
a. obsolete : material designed for a particular use : apparatus
b. : the equipment of a ship (as masts, sails, rigging, and anchors)
2.
a. : a person's clothing : dress, attire, raiment
< his daily apparel was rough and shabby — Willa Cather >
b. : something that clothes or adorns as if with garments
< the gay apparel of spring >
3. archaic : outward appearance : aspect, guise
< so correct that she had puzzled the acutest hinters without the apparel of being circumspect — Lord Byron >
4. : an oblong piece of embroidery on certain ecclesiastical vestments (as on an alb or amice) |