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attire

noun
/əˈtaɪɚ/

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.

  1. inherited from atir
  2. derived from atirier
  3. inherited from atyren

Definitions

  1. One's dress

    One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.

    • He was wearing his formal attire.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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Derived

attirement, disattire, reattire, unattire

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA