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Pronunciation : At*tire"
Part of Speech : v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attired; p. pr. & vb. n. Attiring.]
Etymology : [OE. atiren to array, dispose, arrange, OF. atirier; ? (L. ad) + F. tire rank, order, row; of Ger. origin: cf. As. tier row, OHG. ziari, G. zier, ornament, zieren to adorn. Cf. Tire a headdress.]
Definition : Defn: 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : At*tire"
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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. The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.

3. (Bot.)

Defn: The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla. [Obs.] Johnson.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913