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   Attire , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attired ; p. pr. & vb. n. Attiring.] [OE. atiren to array, dispose, arrange, OF. atirier; à (L. ad) + F. tire rank, order, row; of Ger. origin: cf. As. tier row, OHG. ziarī, 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. 4.
   
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   Attire, n.
   Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.
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   Earth in her rich attire.
   Milton.
   
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   I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire.
   Shak.
   
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   Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire?
   Jer. ii. 32.
   
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   The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.
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   (Bot.) The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla. [Obs.]
   Johnson.
   
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