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attire

/əˈtaɪɚ/ verb C2
  1. To clothe or adorn. (transitive) · We will attire him in fine clothing so he can make a good impression.· He stood there, attired in his best clothes, waiting for applause.

He/she/it attires · Past attired · Past participle attired · -ing form attiring

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Verb forms

Base form
attire
He/she/it
attires
Past
attired
Past participle
attired
-ing form
attiring

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And in spite of her extremely plain attire he felt that he would be pleased to sit at table with her.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 28 · C1
“But, dear me!” said the girl, with a glance at Chandler’s faultless attire.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 30 · C1
When Prissy Andrews, attired in a new pink-silk waist with a string of pearls about her smooth white throat and real carnations in her hair--rumor whispered that the master had sent all the way to town for them for her--“climbed the slimy ladder, dark without one ray of light,” Anne shivered in luxurious sympathy; when the choir sang “Far Above the Gentle Daisies” Anne gazed at the ceiling as if it were frescoed with angels; when Sam Sloane proceeded to explain and illustrate “How Sockery Set a Hen” Anne laughed until people sitting near her laughed too, more out of sympathy with her than with amusement at a selection that was rather threadbare even in Avonlea; and when Mr.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 150 · C1
Familiar as I was with my friend’s methods, it was not difficult for me to follow his deductions, and to observe the untidiness of attire, the sheaf of legal papers, the watch-charm, and the breathing which had prompted them.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 35 · C1

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