- attire
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Attire — At*tire , n. 1. Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing. [1913 Webster] Earth in her rich attire. Milton. [1913 Webster] I ll put myself in poor and mean attire. Shak. [1913 Webster] Can a maid… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
attiré — attiré, ée (a ti ré, rée) part. passé. 1° Le fer attiré par l aimant. 2° Fig. Attiré par la beauté du site. • Où courez vous, mortels abusés, et pourquoi allez vous errants de vanités en vanités, toujours attirés et toujours trompés par des … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
attire — vb *clothe, apparel, array, dress, robe Analogous words: accouter, appoint, equip, outfit, arm (see FURNISH) Antonyms: divest Contrasted words: *strip, bare, denude, dismantle attire n *clothes, clothing, apparel, raiment, dress … New Dictionary of Synonyms
attire — [n] clothing accoutrements, apparel, array, bib and tucker*, clothes, costume, drapes, dress, duds*, garb, garments, gear, getup, habiliments, habit, outfit, raiment, things, threads*, togs, uniform, vestment, wear; concept 451 attire [v] clothe… … New thesaurus
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[=i], G. zier, ornament, zieren to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
attiré — Attiré, [attir]ée. partic. pass. Il a les significations de son verbe … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
attire — ► NOUN ▪ clothes, especially fine or formal ones. ► VERB (be attired) ▪ be dressed in clothes of a specified kind. ORIGIN from Old French atirer equip , from a tire in order … English terms dictionary
attire — [ə tīr′] vt. attired, attiring [ME atiren < OFr atirier, to put in order, arrange < a tire, in a row, in order; a (L ad), to + tire, order, row, dress: see TIER1] to dress, esp. in fine garments; clothe; array n. clothes, esp. fine or rich… … English World dictionary
attire — n. 1) casual; civilian; formal attire 2) in attire (in formal attire) * * * [ə taɪə] civilian formal attire casual in attire (in formal attire) … Combinatory dictionary
attire — {{11}}attire (n.) c.1300, equipment of a man at arms; fine apparel, from ATTIRE (Cf. attire) (v.). {{12}}attire (v.) c.1300, to fit out, equip; to dress in finery, to adorn, from O.Fr. atirier to equip, ready, prepare, from a to + tire order, row … Etymology dictionary
attire — 1. noun /əˈtaɪə(r)/ a) Ones dress; what one wears; ones clothes. He was wearing his formal attire. b) The single horn of a deer or stag. habit or dress 2. v … Wiktionary
