attire
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Definition of attire
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
“He was wearing his formal attire.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
“He was wearing his formal attire.”
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(countable, uncountable)The single horn of a goat, deer or stag.
“The latter sign, however, may have some heraldic significance, as Larwood and Hotten mention a London token of 1666 on which a horseshoe is represented within a pair of antlers or deer's attires.”
verb
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(transitive)To clothe or adorn.
“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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
The verb is from Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), from a- + tire (“rank”), akin to German Zier (“ornament”) and Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”). The noun is from Middle English atir, from the verb.
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