Apparel
[ə'pær(ə)l] or [ə'pærəl]
Definition
(noun.) clothing in general; 'she was refined in her choice of apparel'; 'he always bought his clothes at the same store'; 'fastidious about his dress'.
Typed by Bernadine--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.
(n.) A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
(n.) The furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
(v. t.) To make or get (something) ready; to prepare.
(v. t.) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
(v. t.) To dress or clothe; to attire.
(v. t.) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.
Checked by Laurie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Clothes, clothing, dress, raiment, attire, ARRAY, costume, toilet, habit, habiliments, garb, gear, garments, vestments, outfit, accoutrement, equipment, suit, rigging, trappings, TOGGERY, wardrobe.
v. a. Dress, clothe, attire, array, robe, rig, accoutre, equip, fit out, TRICK OUT.
Typed by Ada
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Clothes, robes, vesture, vestments, raiment, garniture, habiliments, habit,dress, clothing, caparison, trappings, housings
ANT:Nudity, disinvestiture, deshabille, tatters, rags
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Definition
n. covering for the body dress: aspect guise: (arch.) the rigging of a ship.—v.t. to dress adorn:—pr.p. appar′elling or appar′eling; pa.p. appar′elled or appar′eled.—ns. Appar′elling Appar′eling.
Typist: Randall
Unserious Contents or Definition
Dreams of apparel, denote that enterprises will be successes or failures, as the apparel seems to be whole and clean, or soiled and threadbare. To see fine apparel, but out of date, foretells that you will have fortune, but you will scorn progressive ideas. If you reject out-of-date apparel, you will outgrow present environments and enter into new relations, new enterprises and new loves, which will transform you into a different person. To see yourself or others appareled in white, denotes eventful changes, and you will nearly always find the change bearing sadness. To walk with a person wearing white, proclaims that person's illness or distress, unless it be a young woman or child, then you will have pleasing surroundings for a season at least. To see yourself, or others, dressed in black, portends quarrels, disappointments, and disagreeable companions; or, if it refers to business, the business will fall short of expectations. To see yellow apparel, foretells approaching gaieties and financial progress. Seen as a flitting spectre, in an unnatural light, the reverse may be expected. You will be fortunate if you dream of yellow cloth. To dream of blue apparel, signifies carrying forward to victory your aspirations, through energetic, insistent efforts. Friends will loyally support you. To dream of crimson apparel, foretells that you will escape formidable enemies by a timely change in your expressed intention. To see green apparel, is a hopeful sign of prosperity and happiness. To see many colored apparel, foretells swift changes, and intermingling of good and bad influences in your future. To dream of misfitting apparel, intimates crosses in your affections, and that you are likely to make a mistake in some enterprise. To see old or young in appropriate apparel, denotes that you will undertake some engagement for which you will have no liking, and which will give rise to many cares. For a woman to dream that she is displeased with her apparel, foretells that she will find many vexatious rivalries in her quest for social distinction. To admire the apparel of others, denotes that she will have jealous fears of her friends. To dream of the loss of any article of apparel, denotes disturbances in your business and love affairs. For a young woman to dream of being attired in a guazy black costume, foretells she will undergo chastening sorrow and disappointment. For a young woman to dream that she meets another attired in a crimson dress with a crepe mourning veil over her face, foretells she will be outrivaled by one she hardly considers her equal, and bitter disappointment will sour her against women generally. The dreamer interpreting the dream of apparel should be careful to note whether the objects are looking natural. If the faces are distorted and the light unearthly, though the colors are bright, beware; the miscarriage of some worthy plan will work you harm. There are few dreams in which the element of evil is wanting, as there are few enterprises in waking life from which the element of chance is obviated. See Clothes and Coat.
Checker: Mortimer
Examples
- As to the effect of modern inventions on wearing apparel, it is not apparent that they were necessary to supply the wardrobes of the rich. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He wore very short trousers, and black cotton stockings, which, like the rest of his apparel, were particularly rusty. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- When the ladies were separating for the toilette, he said to Elizabeth-- Do not make yourself uneasy, my dear cousin, about your apparel. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Effect of Modern Inventions on Wearing Apparel and Condition of the Poor. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In wearing apparel it extends from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot--rubber cap, coat, gloves, and shoes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Books, papers, and articles of wearing apparel were scattered about the room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- However, to please her, I allowed Sophie to apparel her in one of her short, full muslin frocks. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I was about to observe, Sir,' he said, 'that though my apparel would be too large, a suit of my friend Mr. Winkle's would, perhaps, fit you better. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The prisoner I speak of is better booty--a jolly monk riding to visit his leman, an I may judge by his horse-gear and wearing apparel. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Haste, my friends, apparel yourselves in the court-dress of death. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Edited by Emily