D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Attire

/ət-ī'-ẽr/ · At·tire · IPA /əˈtaɪɚ/
01 v. t. To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.
imp. & p. p. Attired; p. pr. & vb. n. Attiring
  1. 1.
    To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.
    “Finely attired in a robe of white.” Shak.
    “With the linen miter shall he be attired.” — Lev. xvi. 4.
02 n. Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.
  1. 1.
    Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.
    “Earth in her rich attire.” Milton.
    “I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire.” Shak.
    “Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire?” — Jer. ii. 32.
  2. 2.
    The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.
  3. 3.
    The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla.(Bot.) [Obs.]