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Meaning of 'apparel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Apparel [ n.]
- External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.
- A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
- The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
2 . Apparel [ v. t.]
- To make or get (something) ready; to prepare.
- To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
- To dress or clothe; to attire.
- To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.

Meaning of 'apparel' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . apparel [ n]
Meaning (1):
- clothing in general
Example in sentence:
  • fastidious about his dress;
  • he always bought his clothes at the same store;
  • she was refined in her choice of apparel
2 . apparel [ v]
Meaning (2):
- provide with clothes or put clothes on
Example in sentence:
  • Parents must feed and dress their child

Nearby Words:

appair appalachian appall appalled appalling appallment appanage appanagist apparaillyng apparatus

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