transitive. To alter the guise or fashion of dress and appearance of (any one); esp. to dress in a fashion different from what has been customary…

transitive. To adorn; to beautify; to dress finely.

transitive. To attire, attire fantastically; dress, equip, ‘get up’. Also in immaterial sense. archaic.

transitive. To clothe (a person or oneself) stylishly or elaborately, esp. more elaborately than usual; to clothe in a manner appropriate to a…

To clothe in rich or ornamental garments; to cover with what beautifies; to array, attire, adorn.

To dress, clothe, esp. in an elegant fashion.

To cut off the excrescences or irregularities of; to reduce to a regular shape by doing this. Also with the part removed as object. In quot. 1879 a…

transitive. To make gallant or fine, to deck out in a showy manner. Obsolete.

transitive. To smarten (a person) up; to dress (a person) smartly or attractively. Also reflexive.

To dress (with clothes), esp. to attire or array with finery, to deck out (up), bedizen. (In later use mostly contemptuous.)

transitive. To attire (a person or oneself) elaborately or ostentatiously; (also) to give (a thing) an outwardly attractive appearance, to deck…

transitive. To dress out, especially in a vulgar or gaudy fashion.

transitive. With out (also up). To dress (a person) in smart or formal clothes; to dress up. Also more generally: to get (a person) ready for a…

To array, dress (const. in or with something); to make comely, adorn, dress up (also with out).

transitive. To dress up.

To deck out, make smart or gaudy. rare.

In buck up (transitive, and intransitive for reflexive): To dress up.

transitive. Originally English regional (Yorkshire): to dress (oneself or another) in a gaudy manner. Now: to dress (oneself or another)…

(transitive) to dress or ‘tog’ up.

transitive. literary. To dress up (a person) as if for mumming. Obsolete.

transitive. To dress (a person) up; to make up (one's face).

transitive. To dress (someone) up so as to appear fashionable, smart, or eye-catching; to smarten or spruce up.

transitive and reflexive. To dress up like a ‘toff’.

To dress flashily, to dress up; to act in a lairy manner. Frequently in past participle (all) laired up.