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

Down below, the crew, having finished their labours for the day, were anxiously attiring themselves in their Sunday best.

From A Master Of Craft by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)

Soon Etienne was alone in a comfortable cell, and was attiring his person, a duty a Norman seldom neglected; nor did he despise the luxury of a bath, to the scorn of the un-laving natives.

From The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)

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