Apparel \Ap*par"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appareled, or Apparelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Appareling, or Apparelling.]

[OF. apareiller.]

1. To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

2. To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.

Ships . . . appareled to fight. --Hayward.

3. To dress or clothe; to attire.

They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. --Luke vii. 25.

4. To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.

Appareled in celestial light. --Wordsworth.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)