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noun clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
originThe verb is from Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), from a- + tire (“rank”), akin to German Zier (“ornament”) and Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”). The noun is from Middle English atir, from the verb.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0