The Collaborative International Dictionary
Attire \At*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attired; p. pr. & vb. n. Attiring.] [OE. atiren to array, dispose, arrange, OF. atirier; [`a] (L. ad) + F. tire rank, order, row; of Ger. origin: cf. As. tier row, OHG. ziar[=i], G. zier, ornament, zieren to adorn. Cf. Tire a headdress.] 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.
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vb. (present participle of attire English)
Usage examples of "attiring".
They are held by them in far higher respect than with us, and I cannot say that they do not deserve it, for they think of other things than attiring themselves and spending their time in visits and pleasure.
Their heads and necks, however, were bare of feathers, the naked pink skin (when added to the yellow and blue) attiring the birds with gruesome festivity given the obvious purpose of their powerfully hooked beaks and horned talons.
Crane and her two daughters conversing in the attiring-room, up one flight.