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[gahrb] Pronunciation Key
[gahrb] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a fashion or mode of dress, esp. of a distinctive, uniform kind: in the garb of a monk. |
| 2. | wearing apparel; clothes. |
| 3. | outward appearance or form. |
| 4. | to dress; clothe. |
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| garb
(gärb) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. garbed, garb·ing, garbs To cover with or as if with clothing; dress. [Obsolete French garbe, grace, from Italian garbo, from garbare, to please, of Germanic origin.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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garb
1591, "elegance, stylishness," from M.Fr. garbe "graceful outline," from It. garbo "grace, elegance," perhaps from Gmc. (cf. O.H.G. gar(a)wi "dress, equipment, preparation;" see gear). Sense of "fashion of dress" is first attested 1622. The verb is from 1836.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| garb | |
noun | |
| 1. | clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" [syn: attire] |
verb | |
| 1. | provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [ant: discase] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Garb
Garb\, n. [OF. garbe looks, countenance, grace, ornament, fr. OHG. garaw[=i], garw[=i], ornament, dress. akin to E. gear. See Gear, n.]1. (a) Clothing in general. (b) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge. (c) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century. 2. External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech. You thought, because he could not speak English in the native garb, he could not therefore handle an English cudgel. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Garb
Garb\, n. [F. gerbe, OF. also garbe, OHG. garba, G. garbe; cf. Skr. grbh to seize, E. grab.] (Her.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).
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Garb
Garb\, v. t. To clothe; array; deck. These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely. --Tennyson.
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