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apparel /əˈparəl/
noun
  • 1 formal clothing.
  • 2 (apparels) embroidered ornamentation on ecclesiastical vestments.
verb (apparels, apparelling, apparelled; US apparels, appareling, appareled) archaic clothe.
– origin ME (as v. meaning ‘make ready or fit’, as n. meaning ‘furnishings, equipment’): from OFr. apareillier, based on L. ad- ‘to’ (expressing change) + par ‘equal’.



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