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Webster 1913 Edition
Attire
At-tire′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Attired
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Attiring
.] [OE.
atiren
to array, dispose, arrange, OF. atirier
; à
(L. ad
) + F. tire
rank, order, row; of Ger. origin: cf. As. tier
row, OHG. ziarī
, G. zier
, ornament, zieren
to adorn. Cf. Tire
a headdress.] To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.
Finely
attired
in a robe of white. Shakespeare
With the linen miter shall he be
attired
. Lev. xvi. 4.
At-tire′
,Noun.
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
. Shakespeare
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Attire
ATTI'RE
, v.t.To dress; to array; to adorn with elegant or splendid garments.
With the linen miter shall Aaron be attired. Lev. 16.
ATTI'RE
,Noun.
1.
Dress; clothes; habit; but appropriately, ornamental dress.Can a bride forget her attire. Jer. 2.
2.
The horns of a deer.3.
In botany, the generative parts of plants. florid attire, called thrums or suits, as in the flowers of marygold or tansy, consists of two or three parts, of which the outer part is the floret. semiform attire consists of the chives and apexes. This language is now obsolete.Definition 2024
attire
attire
See also: attiré
English
Noun
attire (plural attires)
- (clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
- He was wearing his formal attire.
- (heraldry) The single horn of a deer or stag.
Translations
one's dress or clothes
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Verb
attire (third-person singular simple present attires, present participle attiring, simple past and past participle attired)
- To dress or garb.
- We will attire him in fine clothing so he can make a good impression.
- He stood there, attired in his best clothes, waiting for applause.
Translations
to dress or garb