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apparelling

apparelling is the present participle and gerund 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

Noun

apparelling (plural apparellings)

  1. clothing

Forms of apparelling

pluralapparellings

Questions about apparelling

What does apparelling mean?
Apparelling means clothing.
What is apparelling the present participle and gerund of?
Apparelling is the present participle and gerund of apparel.
What part of speech is apparelling?
Apparelling is a noun.
What is the plural of apparelling?
The plural of apparelling is apparellings.

Words near apparelling in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apparelling (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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