attire
Meanings
noun
- One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
- The single horn of a goat, deer or stag.
verb
- To clothe or adorn.
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Etymology
The verb is from Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), from a- + tire (“rank”), akin to German Zier (“ornament”) and Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”). The noun is from Middle English atir, from the verb.
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