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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ap·par·el \\ə-ˈper-əl, -ˈpa-rəl\\ transitive verb ( -eled or -elled ; -el·ing or -el·ling) ETYMOLOGY Middle English appareillen, from Anglo-French apparailler to prepare, from Vulgar Latin *appariculare, from Latin apparare
DATE 14th century
1. to put clothes on : dress 2. adorn , embellish accused of appareling the truthnoun DATE 14th century
1. the equipment (as sails and rigging) of a ship2. personal attire : clothing 3. something that clothes or adorns the bright apparel of spring
apparel apparel ( v.) mid-13 c., "to equip (in any way)," from O.Fr
http://O.Fr . apareillier (12 c.), from V.L. *appariculare. This is either from L. apparare "prepare, make ready" (see apparatus), or from V.L. *ad-particulare "to put things together." The meaning "to attire in proper clothing" is from mid-14 c.; noun sense of "personal outfit or attire" is from early 14 c. Cognate with It. aparecchiare, Sp. aparejar, Port. aparelhar.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 apparel
ap·parel / E5pArEl / noun[U]
1. (especially NAmE) clothing, when it is being sold in shops / stores
(商店出售的)衣服,服装:
The store sells women's and children's apparel.
这家商店出售女装和童装。
2. (old-fashioned or formal) clothes, particularly those worn on a formal occasion
(尤指正式场合穿的)衣服,服装:
lords and ladies in fine apparel
衣着漂亮的贵族和贵妇
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ap·par·elI. \əˈparəl also -er-\ transitive verb( appareled or apparelled ; appareled or apparelled ; appareling or apparelling ; apparels) Etymology: Middle English appareillen, from Old French apareillier to prepare, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin appariculare, irregular from Latin apparare1. obsolete : to make or get ready : prepare or prepare for 2. : dress , clothe : attire < appareled like circuit riders in Missouri — Frederick O'Brien >3. archaic : to furnish (as a ship) with apparatus : fit out : equip < how are such ships … rigged and appareled — Alan Moore >4. : to clothe with ornaments : cover with something ornamental : adorn , deck , embellish < the work is magnificently printed and tastefully appareled — E.E.Noth >II. noun( -s) Etymology: Middle English appareil, from Old French apareil preparation, provision, furniture, from apareillier1. a. obsolete : material designed for a particular use : apparatus b. : the equipment of a ship (as masts, sails, rigging, and anchors) 2. a. : a person's clothing : dress , attire , raiment < his daily apparel was rough and shabby — Willa Cather > b. : something that clothes or adorns as if with garments < the gay apparel of spring >3. archaic : outward appearance : aspect , guise < so correct that she had puzzled the acutest hinters without the apparel of being circumspect — Lord Byron >4. : an oblong piece of embroidery on certain ecclesiastical vestments (as on an alb or amice)
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