At*tire" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Attired (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Attiring.] [OE. atiren to array, dispose, arrange, OF.
atirier; à (L. ad) + F. tire rank,
order, row; of Ger. origin: cf. As. tier row, OHG.
ziarī, G. zier, ornament, zieren to adorn. Cf.
Tire a headdress.] To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to
clothe with elegant or splendid garments.
Finely attired in a robe of white.
Shak.
With the linen miter shall he be attired.
Lev. xvi. 4.
At*tire", n. 1. Dress;
clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental
clothing.
Earth in her rich attire.
Milton.
I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire.
Shak.
Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her
attire?
Jer. ii. 32.
2. The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or
buck.
3. (Bot.) The internal parts of a flower,
included within the calyx and the corolla. [Obs.]
Johnson.
