Attiring

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Attire \At*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attired}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Attiring}.] [OE. atiren to array, dispose, arrange, OF.
     atirier; [`a] (L. ad) + F. tire rank, order, row; of Ger.
     origin: cf. As. tier row, OHG. ziar[imac], G. zier, ornament,
     zieren to adorn. Cf. {Tire} a headdress.]
     To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or


     splendid garments.
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           Finely attired in a robe of white.       --Shak.
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           With the linen miter shall he be attired. --Lev. xvi.
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