From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Attire \At*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attired}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Attiring}.] [OE. atiren to array, dispose, arrange, OF.
atirier; [`a] (L. ad) + F. tire rank, order, row; of Ger.
origin: cf. As. tier row, OHG. ziar[imac], G. zier, ornament,
zieren to adorn. Cf. {Tire} a headdress.]
To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or
splendid garments.
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Finely attired in a robe of white. --Shak.
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With the linen miter shall he be attired. --Lev. xvi.
4.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Attired \At*tired"\, p. p. (Her.)
Provided with antlers, as a stag.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attired
adj 1: dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used
in combination; "the elegantly attired gentleman";
"neatly dressed workers"; "monks garbed in hooded robes";
"went about oddly garmented"; "professors robed in
crimson"; "tuxedo-attired gentlemen"; "crimson-robed
Harvard professors" [syn: {appareled}, {attired},
{dressed}, {garbed}, {garmented}, {habilimented},
{robed}]
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