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