APPAREL

apparel, wearing apparel, dress, clothes

(noun) clothing in general; “she was refined in her choice of apparel”; “he always bought his clothes at the same store”; “fastidious about his dress”

dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel

(verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on; “Parents must feed and dress their child”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology

Noun

apparel (countable and uncountable, plural apparels)

Clothing.

(figurative) Aspect, guise, form.

A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.

(nautical) The furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.

Synonyms

• See also clothing

Verb

apparel (third-person singular simple present apparels, present participle apparelling or appareling, simple past and past participle apparelled or appareled)

(transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.

(transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.

(transitive) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental

Synonyms

• (to dress): dight, don, put on; see also clothe

• (to furnish with apparatus): kit out

• (to dress with external ornaments): adorn, ornament; see also decorate

Source: Wiktionary

---

Ap*par"el, n. Etym: [OE. apparel, apareil, OF. apareil, appareil, preparation, provision, furniture, OF. apareiller to match, prepare, F. appareiller; OF. a (L. ad) + pareil like, similar, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Pair.]

1. External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array. Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young. Denham. At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity. Tatler.

2. A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.

3. (Naut.)

Definition: The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.

Syn.

– Dress; clothing; vesture; garments; raiment; garb; costume; attire; habiliments.

Ap*par"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appareled, or Apparelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Appareling, or Apparelling.] Etym: [OF. apareiller.]

1. To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out. Ships . . . appareled to fight. Hayward.

3. To dress or clothe; to attire. They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. Luke vii. 25.

4. To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure. Appareled in celestial light. Wordsworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins