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   Apparel , n. [OE. apparel, apareil, OF. apareil, appareil, preparation, provision, furniture, OF. apareiller to match, prepare, F. appareiller; OF. a (L. ad) + pareil like, similar, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Pair.]
   External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.
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   Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young.
   Denham.
   
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   At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity.
   Tatler.
   
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   A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
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   (Naut.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
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   Syn. -- Dress; clothing; vesture; garments; raiment; garb; costume; attire; habiliments.
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   Apparel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appareled, or Apparelled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Appareling, or Apparelling.] [OF. apareiller.]
   To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
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   Ships . . . appareled to fight.
   Hayward.
   
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   To dress or clothe; to attire.
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   They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
   Luke vii. 25.
   
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   To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.
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   Appareled in celestial light.
   Wordsworth.
   
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