[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

attire \attire"\, 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. ziarimac, g. zier, ornament,
   zieren to adorn. cf. tire a headdress.
   to dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or
   splendid garments.
   1913 webster

         finely attired in a robe of white.       --shak.
   1913 webster

         with the linen miter shall he be attired. --lev. xvi.
                                                  4.
   1913 webster
see also:
attired attiring tire 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

attire \attire"\, n.
   1. dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or
      adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.
      1913 webster

            earth in her rich attire.             --milton.
      1913 webster

            i 'll put myself in poor and mean attire. --shak.
      1913 webster

            can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her
            attire?                               --jer. ii. 32.
      1913 webster

   2. the antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.
      1913 webster

   3. bot. the internal parts of a flower, included within the
      calyx and the corolla. obs. --johnson.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

attire
     n : clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular
         occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" syn: garb, dress
     v : put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and
         attractive; "she never dresses up, even when she goes to
         the opera"; "the young girls were all fancied up for the
         party" syn: dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up,
         gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick
         out, prink, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out,
         overdress ant: dress down
see also:
garb dress dress up fig out fig up deck up 
gussy up fancy up trick up deck out trick out 
prink get up rig out tog up tog out 
overdress dress down 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

72 moby thesaurus words for "attire":
   accouter, apparel, appoint, arm, array, bedeck, bedizenment,
   bedrape, bundle up, clad, clothe, clothes, clothing, costume, deck,
   dight, drape, drapery, dress, dressing, dud, duds, enclothe, endue,
   enrobe, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, equip, fashion, fatigues,
   feathers, fig, garb, garment, garments, gear, guise, habiliment,
   habiliments, habilitate, habit, invest, investiture, investment,
   lap, linen, muffle up, outfit, rag out, rags, raiment, robe, robes,
   sheathe, shroud, sportswear, style, swaddle, swathe, things,
   threads, tire, togs, toilette, trim, vestment, vesture, wear,
   wearing apparel, wrap, wrap up

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