apparel

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And saith that his apparel was all of black.

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  1. noun Clothing, especially outer garments; attire.
  2. noun A covering or adornment: trees with their apparel of foliage.
  3. transitive verb To clothe or dress.

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attire ·  raiment ·  garment ·  trappings ·  finery ·  jewelry ·  furnishings ·  furniture ·  ornament ·  equipage ·  drapery ·  vestments
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English appareil, from Old French apareil, preparation, from apareillier, to prepare, possibly from Vulgar Latin *appariculāre, from Latin apparāre; see apparatus.

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  1. Early modern English also aparel, aparrell, etc., from Middle English aparailen, apparailen, -aylen, -eilen, -eylen, etc., and by apheresis parailen, from Old French aparailler, apareiller, French appareiller, dress, prepare, = Provencal aparelhar = Spanish aparejar = Portuguese apparelhar = Italian apparecchiare, from Latin as if *adpariculare, make equal or fit, from ad, to, + pariculus (later Italian parecchio = Portuguese parelho = Spanish parejo = Provencal parelh = French pareil, equal, like), diminutive of par, equal: see par.
  2. Early modern English also aparel, aparrel, etc., and parel, parrell, etc., from Middle English aparel, apparail, apareil, and by apheresis parel, from Old French aparail, apareil, aparel, preparation, equipment, French appareil, preparation, provision, = Provencal aparelh = Spanish aparejo = Portuguese apparelho = Italian apparecchio; from the verb.
 

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/əˈpærɛl/
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