Main Entry: ¹ap·par·el

Pronunciation: \ə-ˈper-əl, -ˈpa-rəl\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): ap·par·eled or ap·par·elled; ap·par·el·ing or ap·par·el·ling

Etymology: Middle English appareillen, from Anglo-French apparailler to prepare, from Vulgar Latin *appariculare, from Latin apparare

Date: 14th century

1 : to put clothes on : dress
2 : adorn, embellish <accused of appareling the truth>