Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.
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   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.