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apparelled

apparelled is the simple past and past participle of apparel.

Meaning of apparel

Verb

apparel (third-person singular simple present apparels, present participle (US) appareling or (UK) apparelling, simple past and past participle (US) appareled or (UK) apparelled)

  1. (transitive) To dress or clothe; to attire.
    • They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.1568, Bishops' Bible, Luke vii. 25
  2. (transitive) To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
    • ships appareled to fight
    Synonyms:
    kit out
  3. (transitive) To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental
    • trees appareled with flowers
    Synonyms:
    adorn

See all 7 meanings of apparel

Words formed from apparelled

Questions about apparelled

What is apparelled the simple past and past participle of?
Apparelled is the simple past and past participle of apparel.

Words near apparelled in the dictionary

  1. apparel
  2. appareled
  3. appareling
  4. apparelings
  5. apparell
  6. apparelled
  7. apparelling
  8. apparellings
  9. apparells
  10. apparelment
  11. apparelments

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apparelled (page history and authors); apparel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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