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noun

Apparel n.

1.

External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array. "Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young." "At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity."

2.

A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.

3.

(Naut.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.

Synonyms: Dress; clothing; vesture; garments; raiment; garb; costume; attire; habiliments.

verb

Apparel v. t. (past & past part. appareled, or apparelled; pres. part. appareling, or apparelling)

1.

To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. (Obs.)

2.

To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out. "Ships... appareled to fight."

3.

To dress or clothe; to attire. "They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts."

4.

To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure. "Appareled in celestial light."

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Etymology of 'Apparel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Apparel" Quotes from Famous Books

... femininity about the apartment, to which he was unaccustomed, and which went to his head like wine. It was evident that only privileged visitors were received there, for apart from the air of intimacy which seemed somehow to pervade the place, there were several articles of apparel, and a pair of slippers lying upon ...

— The Moving Finger • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... dress in this people, became a mark of politeness: and the mere materials with which the body is nourished or clothed, are probably of little consequence to any people. We must look for the characters of men in the qualities of the mind, not in the species of their food, or in the mode of their apparel. What are now the ornaments of the grave and severe; what is owned to be a real conveniency, were once the fopperies of youth, or were devised to please the effeminate. The new fashion, indeed, is often the mark of the coxcomb; but we frequently change our fashions without multiplying ...

— An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition • Adam Ferguson, L.L.D.

... UK was attained in 1968. A stable democracy with regular free elections and a positive human rights record, the country has attracted considerable foreign investment and has earned one of Africa's highest per capita incomes. Recent poor weather, declining sugar prices, and declining textile and apparel production, have slowed economic growth, leading to some protests over standards of living ...

— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... funeral procession in the suburbs of the city. A huge multitude of men who had come out to perform the last honours stood round about the bier, all of them plunged in deep sorrow and wearing worn and ragged apparel. He asked whom they were burying, but no one replied; so he went nearer[62] to satisfy his curiosity and to see who it might be that was dead, or, it may be, in the hope to make some discovery in the interests of his profession. Be this as it may, he certainly snatched the man from ...

— The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura • Lucius Apuleius

... The tourist sector contributes over 50% of GDP. In 2000 more than 3 million tourists visited San Marino. The key industries are banking, wearing apparel, electronics, and ceramics. Main agricultural products are wine and cheeses. The per capita level of output and standard of living are comparable to those of the most prosperous regions of Italy, which supplies much of ...

— The 2005 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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