n. 1. Clothing, especially outer garments; attire. 2. A covering or adornment: trees with their apparel of foliage. tr.v. ap·par·eled, ap·par·el·ing, ap·par·els or ap·par·elled or ap·par·el·ling 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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