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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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Word Origin & History

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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