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Attire

To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.

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Verb group 4

Costume 84% connected

Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.

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Costume 84% connected

Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.

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Dress 84% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Dress 84% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Manner of action 8

Bedizen 76% connected

To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste.

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Dizen 76% connected

To dress; to attire.

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Dress 76% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Enrobe 76% connected

To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire.

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Plume 76% connected

A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

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Prank 76% connected

To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously; -- often followed by up; as, to prank up the body. See Prink.

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Preen 76% connected

A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

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Primp 76% connected

To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up.

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Broader term 6

Clothing 76% connected

of Clothe

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Dress 76% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Habiliment 76% connected

A garment; an article of clothing.

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Vesture 76% connected

A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.

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Wear 76% connected

Same as Weir.

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Wearable 76% connected

Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.

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Narrower term 6

Costume 76% connected

Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.

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Disguise 76% connected

To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive.

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Finery 76% connected

Fineness; beauty.

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Habit 76% connected

The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a relig…

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Outfit 76% connected

A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; thin…

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Rig 76% connected

A ridge.

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Overdress 74% connected

To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much.

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Overdress 74% connected

To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much.

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Synonym 4

Dress 92% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Garb 92% connected

Clothing in general.

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Overdress 92% connected

To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prink 92% connected

To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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