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Thesaurus: attire

To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.

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  1. v. t. To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.
  2. n. Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.
  3. n. The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.
  4. n. The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla.
  5. n. clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
  6. v. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
  7. 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. 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.) The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla. [Obs.] Johnson.
  8. To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant orsplendid garments.Finely attired in a robe of white. Shak.With the linen miter shall he be attired. Lev. xvi. 4.
  9. v:21/n:79 n. clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion