attiring

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"They were seeing themselves as individuals and set themselves apart," said Wendi Ferreira of the styling duo Wendi and Nicole, who are attiring Oyelowo, Channing Tatum and Chris Pine for the Oscars.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2015

Pledging eternal faithfulness, Frankie proceeds to support Johnnie, attiring him in "hundred-dollar" suits.

From Time Magazine Archive

And attiring himself in an apron of tarred stuff similar to the gloves, he fastened another of the same material upon Rollo.

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

She had been so accustomed not only to attiring herself but to going round and hooking up her sisters as well, that a woman who handled her like a baby rather paralysed her.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian

The next day the king notified his readiness to receive the traveller, who, attiring himself in a Highland costume, was carried on the shoulders of a number of men into the presence of the monarch.

From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles