attire
verb (used with object)
to dress, array, or adorn, especially for special occasions, ceremonials, etc.
have attired
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present perfectof attire.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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You have but to go with him, when you have attired yourself and buckled on spurs, and you can pick and choose among it.
From Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower by Ralph Peacock
I have attired myself like a very civil citizen, To draw fourscore pound from a couple of fools.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by William Carew Hazlitt
When living persons come together and have attired themselves beautifully, it is for the interchange of what is best in them, not for the spilling of gall and the raising of a hubbub.
From Woman by Magdeleine Marx
At all events, it was almost past the belief of all that Ivan Nikiforovitch could, in so brief a space of time, have attired himself like a respectable gentleman.
From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
When the performances are over, and I have attired myself in the costume of the country, I join my friends in the front of the house.
From The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba by Walter Goodman
