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noun
Clothing, garments, dress, material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, literary, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
especially fine or decorative clothing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: array, regalia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment
Narrower terms: war paint
verb
provide with clothes or put clothes on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change state, turn
Narrower terms: prim, prim up, prim out, cover, wrap up, jacket, frock, shirt, habit, vesture, overdress, overclothe, underdress, corset, shoe, coat, costume, dress up, vest, robe, gown
History
Aphetized from Middle English arayment, borrowed from Anglo-Norman arraiement and Old French areement, from areer (“to array”). See array.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
