attire

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 156 words | Copyright

attire †put in order, equip XIII; dress XIV. — OF. atir(i)er arrange, etc., f. phr. OF. a tire in order. Aphetic TIRE2.
Hence attire sb. XIII.

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