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   Ap·par·el

   /əˈperəl/

   

   noun

   • 1. clothing: formal US "they were dressed in bright apparel"
   • ▪ embroidered ornamentation on ecclesiastical vestments. formal US

   verb

   • 1. clothe (someone): archaic "all the vestments in which they used to apparel their Deities"

   Word Origin Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘make ready or fit’; as a noun ‘furnishings, equipment’): from Old French apareillier, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ (expressing change) + par ‘equal’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • P

     3

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

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