APPAR'EL, noun [Latin paro, apparo, to prepare; Heb. bara] 1. Clothing; vesture; garments; dress. 2. External habiliments or decorations; appearance; as, religion appears in the natural apparel of simplicity. Glorious in apparel Isaiah 63:1. 3. The furniture of a ship, as sails, rigging, anchors, etc. APPAR'EL, verb transitive 1. To dress or clothe. They who are gorgeously appareled are in kings court. Luke 7:25. 2. To adorn with dress. She did apparel her apparel 3. To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to cover, as with garments; as, trees appareled with flowers; or a garden with verdure. 4. To furnish with external apparatus; as ships appareled for sea.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI