Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dress \Dress\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dressed}or {Drest}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Dressing}.] [OF. drecier to make straight, raise, set
   up, prepare, arrange, F. dresser. (assumed) LL. directiare,
   fr. L. dirigere, directum, to direct; dis- + regere to rule.
   See {Right}, and cf. {Address}, {Adroit}, {Direct}, {Dirge}.]
   1. To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to
      order. [Obs.]

            At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to
            dress thy ways.                       --Chaucer.

   Note: Dress is used reflexively in Old English, in sense of
         ``to direct one's step; to address one's self.''

               To Grisild again will I me dresse. --Chaucer.

   2. (Mil.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as
      soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at
      proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks.

   3. (Med.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or
      curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a
      wounded or diseased part.

   4. To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically:
      (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render
          suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to
          dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather
          or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden;
          to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress
          grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to
          dress ores, by sorting and separating them.

Drest \Drest\, p. p.
   of {Dress}.