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Webster 1913 Edition


Apparel

Ap-par′el

,
Noun.
[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.)
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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Appareled
, or
Apparelled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Appareling
, or
Apparelling
.]
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Apparel

APPAR'EL

,
Noun.
[L. paro, apparo, to prepare; Heb. bara]
1.
Clothing; vesture; garments; dress.
2.
External habiliments or decorations; appearance; as, religion appears in the natural apparel of simplicity.
Glorious in apparel. Is. 63.
3.
The furniture of a ship, as sails, rigging, anchors, &c.

APPAR'EL

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To dress or clothe.
They who are gorgeously appareled are in kings court.
Luke 7.
2.
To adorn with dress.
She did apparel her apparel.
3.
To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to cover, as with garments; as, trees appareled with flowers; or a garden with verdure.
4.
To furnish with external apparatus; as ships appareled for sea.

Definition 2024


apparel

apparel

English

Noun

apparel (countable and uncountable, plural apparels)

  1. Clothing.
    • Denham
      fresh in his new apparel, proud and young
    • Tatler
      At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity.
  2. A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
  3. (nautical) The furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:clothing

Translations

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
    Ships . . . appareled to fight. --Hayward.
  2. (transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.
    They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. --Luke vii. 25.
  3. (transitive) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.

Translations