apparel

[ uh-par-uhl ]

/ əˈpær əl /

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noun

clothing, especially outerwear; garments; attire; raiment.

anything that decorates or covers.

superficial appearance; aspect; guise.

Nautical. the masts, sails, anchor, etc., used to equip a vessel.

Ecclesiastical. a piece of embroidery, usually oblong, on certain vestments, especially on the alb or amice.

verb (used with object), ap·par·eled, ap·par·el·ing or (especially British) ap·par·elled, ap·par·el·ling.

to dress or clothe.

to adorn; ornament.

Nautical. to equip (a vessel) with apparel.

Origin of apparel

1200–50; Middle English appareillen < Old French apareillier to make fit, fit out < Vulgar Latin *appariculāre, equivalent to ap- ap-¹ + *paricul(us) a fit (see par¹ -cule¹) + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix

SYNONYMS FOR apparel

1 clothes, dress, garb, costume, habiliments, vesture.

6 outfit, array, deck out.

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OTHER WORDS FROM apparel

o·ver·ap·par·eled, adjective un·ap·par·eled, adjective well-ap·par·eled, adjective well-ap·par·elled, adjective

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appar., apparat, apparatchik, apparatus, apparatus criticus, apparel, apparent, apparent candlepower, apparent horizon, apparent magnitude, apparent movement

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The mate, Jerry, and I were also apparelled in our Sunday best.

The Pilots of Pomona |Robert Leighton
For me, on this occasion, Leeds was 'apparelled in celestial light.'

Ellen Terry and Her Sisters |T. Edgar Pemberton
She was apparelled like any barbaric Ethiopian emperor, his neck heavy with pendants of polished ivory.

Moby Dick; or The Whale |Herman Melville
Then on the morn they apparelled them to joust, Sir Gawaine and his four brethren, and did there great deeds of arms.

Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II) |Thomas Malory

But the purest of sentiments and the loftiest of purposes do not constitute poetry, even when apparelled in verse.

The Bridling of Pegasus |Alfred Austin

British Dictionary definitions for apparelled

apparel

/ (əˈpærəl) /

noun

something that covers or adorns, esp outer garments or clothing

nautical a vessel's gear and equipment

verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled

archaic (tr) to clothe, adorn, etc

Word Origin for apparel

C13: from Old French apareillier to make ready, from Vulgar Latin appariculāre (unattested), from Latin apparāre, from parāre to prepare

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apparel

noun

verb (used with object), ap·par·eled, ap·par·el·ing or (especially British) ap·par·elled, ap·par·el·ling.

Origin of apparel

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British Dictionary definitions for apparelled

noun

verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled

Word Origin for apparel

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apparel

noun

verb (used with object), ap·par·eled, ap·par·el·ing or (especially British) ap·par·elled, ap·par·el·ling.

Origin of apparel

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noun

verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled

Word Origin for apparel

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