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ap·par·el    Audio Help   [uh-par-uhl] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -eled, -el·ing or (especially British) -elled, -el·ling.
–noun
1.clothing, esp. outerwear; garments; attire; raiment.
2.anything that decorates or covers.
3.superficial appearance; aspect; guise.
4.Nautical. the masts, sails, anchor, etc., used to equip a vessel.
5.Ecclesiastical. a piece of embroidery, usually oblong, on certain vestments, esp. on the alb or amice.
–verb (used with object)
6.to dress or clothe.
7.to adorn; ornament.
8.Nautical. to equip (a vessel) with apparel.

[Origin: 1200–50; ME appareillen < OF apareillier to make fit, fit out < VL *appariculāre, equiv. to ap- ap-1 + *paricul(us) a fit (see par, -cule1) + -ā- thematic vowel + -re inf. suffix]

1. clothes, dress, garb, costume, habiliments, vesture. 6. outfit, array, deck out.
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ap·par·el    Audio Help   (ə-pār'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Clothing, especially outer garments; attire.
  2. A covering or adornment: trees with their apparel of foliage.

tr.v.   ap·par·eled or ap·par·elled, ap·par·el·ing or ap·par·el·ling, ap·par·els
  1. To clothe or dress.
  2. To adorn or embellish.


[Middle English appareil, from Old French apareil, preparation, from apareillier, to prepare, possibly from Vulgar Latin *appariculāre, from Latin apparāre; see apparatus.]

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apparel 
c.1250, "to equip (in any way)," from O.Fr. apareillier, from V.L. *appariculare, from L. apparare "prepare, make ready" (see apparatus), or from V.L. *ad-particulare "to put things together." The meaning "to attire in proper clothing" is from 1362; noun sense of "personal outfit or attire" is from 1330.

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apparel

noun
1. clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" 

verb
1. provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [ant: discase

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Apparel

Ap*par"ail*lyng\, n. [See Apparel, n. & v.] Preparation. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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Apparel

Ap*par"el\, n. [OE. apparel, apareil, OF. apareil, appareil, preparation, provision, furniture, OF. apareiller to match, prepare, F. appareiller; OF. a (L. ad) + pareil like, similar, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Pair.]

1. External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.

Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young. --Denham.

At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity. --Tatler.

2. A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.

3. (Naut.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.

Syn: Dress; clothing; vesture; garments; raiment; garb; costume; attire; habiliments.

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Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Apparel

In Old Testament times the distinction between male and female attire was not very marked. The statute forbidding men to wear female apparel (Deut. 22:5) referred especially to ornaments and head-dresses. Both men and women wore (1) an under garment or tunic, which was bound by a girdle. One who had only this tunic on was spoken of as "naked" (1 Sam. 19:24; Job 24:10; Isa. 20:2). Those in high stations sometimes wore two tunics, the outer being called the "upper garment" (1 Sam. 15:27; 18:4; 24:5; Job 1:20). (2.) They wore in common an over-garment ("mantle," Isa. 3:22; 1 Kings 19:13; 2 Kings 2:13), a loose and flowing robe. The folds of this upper garment could be formed into a lap (Ruth 3:15; Ps. 79:12; Prov. 17:23; Luke 6:38). Generals of armies usually wore scarlet robes (Judg. 8:26; Nah. 2:3). A form of conspicuous raiment is mentioned in Luke 20:46; comp. Matt. 23:5. Priests alone wore trousers. Both men and women wore turbans. Kings and nobles usually had a store of costly garments for festive occasions (Isa. 3:22; Zech. 3:4) and for presents (Gen. 45:22; Esther 4:4; 6:8, 11; 1 Sam. 18:4; 2 Kings 5:5; 10:22). Prophets and ascetics wore coarse garments (Isa. 20:2; Zech. 13:4; Matt. 3:4).

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