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garb

  [gahrb]
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–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
4. to dress; clothe.
Origin:
1585–95; < MF garbe graceful outline < OIt garbo grace < Gmc; cf. OHG garawen, OE gearwian to prepare, adorn (see gar 2 ), gear

Related forms:
garbless, adjective

Synonyms:
1. style, cut. 2. clothing, dress, costume, attire.
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garb   (gärb)   
n.  
  1. A distinctive style or form of clothing; dress: clerical garb.
  2. An outward appearance; a guise: presented their radical ideas in the garb of moderation.
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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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.

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).

Garb

Garb\, v. t. To clothe; array; deck.

These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely. --Tennyson.
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Language Translation for : garb
Spanish: joroba, giba,
German: der Buckel,
Japanese: こぶ
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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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