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apparels

verb

present tense third-person singular of apparel

as in clothes

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes a designer who regularly apparels several of the presenters at the Oscar ceremonies

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dresses

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Regardless, men behaving in a repulsed or shocked way when a man dresses feminine or in women’s clothing is homophobic.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
Case in point, the Organic Cotton Relaxed Oxford Shirt, which stylist Nicole Chavez, who dresses Witherspoon, handpicked in her cool-girl summer capsule.

— Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 20 July 2026

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