apparelled

Variant of apparel

apparel definition

ap·parel (ə per′əl, -par′-)

noun

  1. clothing; garments; attire
  2. anything that clothes or adorns the white apparel of winter
  3. Archaic a ship's outfit or furnishings, as rigging, anchor, guns, etc.

Etymology: ME appareil < OFr apareil < VL *appariculum, equipment < *appariculare, to clothe < L apparare: see apparatus

transitive verb appareled -·eled or apparelled -·elled, appareling -·el·ing or apparelling -·el·ling

  1. to clothe; dress
  2. to adorn; bedeck

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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