n. & v.
n. 1 formal clothing, dress. 2 embroidered ornamentation on some ecclesiastical vestments.
v.tr. (apparelled, apparelling; US appareled, appareling) archaic clothe.
[ ME aparailen (v.) f. OF apareillier f. Rmc appariculare (unrecorded) make equal or fit, ult. f. L par equal ]