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

Selinda, enraptured by her own efficiency in grooming and attiring the girl, marched behind her, unable to detach herself from her own handiwork.

From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Raymond's eyes sparkled with delight, for this was a step at least towards his coveted reward, and hastily attiring himself suitably for the royal presence, he followed the Constable to the King's pavilion.

From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

See, too, on women, “under pretence of religion, attiring themselves as men,” Sozomen, iii.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole