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attire

at·tire [ ə tr ]


noun 
Definition:
 
clothing: clothing worn on a specific occasion



transitive verb  (past and past participle at·tired, present participle at·tir·ing, 3rd person present singular at·tires)
Definition:
 
dress: to dress yourself or somebody else, especially in clothes of a particular type

[13th century. < Old French atirier "to array" < tire "order" (see tier)]
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