n. [ OE. apparel, apareil, OF. apareil, appareil, preparation, provision, furniture, OF. apareiller to match, prepare, F. appareiller; OF. a (L. ad) + pareil like, similar, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See Pair. ]
Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]
At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Ships . . . appareled to fight. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]
They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. Luke vii. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]
Appareled in celestial light. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
v. t. [ See Apparel, v. t. ] [ Pref. dis- + apparel: cf. OF. desapareiller. ] To disrobe; to strip of apparel; to make naked. [ 1913 Webster ]
Drink disapparels the soul. Junius (1635). [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To clothe again. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + apparel. ] To divest of clothing; to strip. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]