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attired, ppl. a.|əˈtaɪəd|
[f. attire v. + -ed.]
†1. Equipped, furnished, fitted out, prepared. Obs.
1330R. Brunne Chron. 148 A schip þer was of London, richely atired [Langtoft, de riche atiffement]. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 360, I am a-tyred in my tower to tempt you þis tyde.
2. Dressed, clad.
c1350Will. Palerne 5043 Þe clergie..riȝt gailiche atyred. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. v. iii. 30 Why art thou thus attir'd? 1791Cowper Iliad xviii. 473 Charis, Vulcan's well-attired spouse. Mod. A woman plainly but decently attired.
†3. Adorned, decked. Obs.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 114 Ay þe best byfore & bryȝtest atyred. a1450Knt. de la Tour 39 Riche atyred of perles and presious stones.
4. Venery and Her. Furnished with horns.
1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 59 An hartes heade cabazed d'Or, attyred verte. 1661Morgan Sph. Gentry i. vi. 94 When the horns of a deer are of another colour from the head, it is called Attired. 1864Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. x. 62 A stag is attired of his antlers.
5. fig. Wrapped, clothed; adorned, arrayed.
1599Shakes. Much Ado iv. i. 146 For my part, I am so attired in wonder, I know not what to say. 1756Burke Subl. & B. Wks. 1842 I. 49 The rose and the apple blossom are both beautiful, and the plants that bear them are most engagingly attired. |