costume
noun
a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
had costumed
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past perfectof costume.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Rogers had costumed students including Howe, who wasn’t an actor, join him in performances at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh to entertain the young patients.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2018
It was Fate, of course, which had costumed him—Fate, and a feeble will to survive.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
He had costumed himself accordingly—three red streaks painted across his forehead, three more on each cheekbone, silver disks hanging from his ears, a three-strand necklace of megis shells around his neck.
From Shaman by Robert Shea
We had costumed her as an Italian contadina, and thought that she looked very prettily.
From Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
If the Beldens, for their part, had costumed themselves half so discreetly, he would never have fallen from their good graces.
From With the Procession by Henry Blake Fuller
