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

The merchants should keep their wives from visiting the upper rooms too often, lest they tire their purses by attiring themselves....

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

Mrs. Alexander had loaned him the clothes, and succeeded in attiring him so that the deception was complete.

From The Struggle for Missouri by McElroy, John

Mrs. Hardcastle was attiring herself for dinner; not so Mrs. Dundyke; she stood at the door peeping out, hoping to see her husband appear in the long corridor.

From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry