Appareled - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Appareled :  adj : dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination; "the elegantly attired gentleman"; "neatly dressed workers"; "monks garbed in hooded robes"; "went about oddly garmented"; "professors robed in crimson"; "tuxedo-attired gentlemen"; "crimson-robed Harvard professors" [syn: attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Apparel \Ap*par"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appareled, or Apparelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Appareling, or Apparelling.] [OF. apareiller.] 1. To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

2. To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.

Ships . . .Appareled : to fight. --Hayward.

3. To dress or clothe; to attire.

They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. --Luke vii. 25.

4. To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.

Appareled in celestial light. --Wordsworth.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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