See Also: attire(medicine)
attire(1)(dictionary)
attire(2)(dictionary)
attire(dictionary)

attire(2) (iou)



attire verb trans. ME.

Equip, fit out; make ready, prepare. ME-L15.
Dress, esp. in fine, formal, or special clothing; clothe. Now chiefly refl. & as attired ppl adjective. ME.
Dryden His shoulders large a mantle did attire. R. Kipling I was..attired as a Sahib. G. Heyer Nattily attired in the correct town-dress of a gentleman of fashion. fig.: Burke The rose and the apple blossom are both beautiful, and the plants that bear them are most engagingly attired.
Adorn, arrange, (the hair, the head). arch. LME.
Spenser Her golden tresses, She dothe attyre vnder a net of gold. Tennyson The women who attired her head.
Hunting & Heraldry. Provide with antlers, esp. of a distinct colour. Chiefly as attired ppl adjective. L16.
attirement noun (a) an outfit, a dress, apparel; (b) an ornament, an adornment: M16.
attiring noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) a dress, an outfit; a head-dress; an ornament; in pl. trappings: ME.