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

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

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

From the open doors of his chums’ rooms he could see that they, too, were attiring themselves with little regard for how they looked.

From Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise by Chapman, Allen