ATTIRES

Noun

attires

plural of attire

Verb

attires

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attire

Anagrams

• artiest, artiste, iratest, ratites, striate, tastier

Source: Wiktionary


ATTIRE

At*tire", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attired; p. pr. & vb. n. Attiring.] Etym: [OE. atiren to array, dispose, arrange, OF. atirier; Ă  (L. ad) + F. tire rank, order, row; of Ger. origin: cf. As. tier row, OHG. ziari, G. zier, ornament, zieren to adorn. Cf. Tire a headdress.]

Definition: 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.)

Definition: The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla. [Obs.] Johnson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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