apparel

¹ap·par·el

verb \ə-ˈper-əl, -ˈpa-rəl\

ap·par·eled or ap·par·elledap·par·el·ing or ap·par·el·ling

Definition of APPAREL

transitive verb

1

: to put clothes on : dress

2

: adorn, embellish <accused of appareling the truth>

Examples of APPAREL

1. <a designer who regularly apparels several of the presenters at the Oscar ceremonies>

Origin of APPAREL

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

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to APPAREL

Synonyms: clothe, array, attire, bedeck, caparison, costume, deck (out), do up, dress, dress up, enrobe, garb, garment, get up, gown, habit, invest, rig (out), robe, suit, tog (up or out), toilet, vesture

Antonyms: disarray, disrobe, strip, unclothe, undress, untruss [archaic]

Related Words: cloak, frock, jacket, mantle, vest; drape, enswathe, hap [dialect], huddle, swaddle, swathe, wrap; accoutre (or accouter), bedight [archaic], equip, furnish, habilitate, outfit, tailor, uniform; dress down, underdress

Near Antonyms: denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveil

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Other Clothing Terms

babushka, brogue, bumbershoot, cravat, dishabille, furbelow, layette, raiment, spectator