attire

UK: /əˈtaɪə^r/ US: /əˈtaɪr/ ,(ə tī^ər′)

Inflections of 'attire' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

attires

v 3rd person singular

attiring

v pres p

attired

v past

attired

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

at•tire /əˈtaɪr/   v., -tired, -tir•ing, n. 
v. [usually: be attired]

1. to dress, array, or adorn, esp. for fancy occasions or ceremonies.

n. [uncountable]

2. Clothing clothes, esp. rich or splendid garments.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

at•tire  (ə tī^ər′), v., -tired, -tir•ing, n. 
v.t. 

1. to dress, array, or adorn, esp. for special occasions, ceremonials, etc.

n. 

2. clothes or apparel, esp. rich or splendid garments.
3. Zoology the horns of a deer.

• Anglo-French, noun, nominal derivative of the verb, verbal
• Anglo-French atirer, Old French atirier, verb, verbal derivative of a tire into a row or rank (see a-³, tier¹); (noun, nominal) Middle English atir
• (verb, verbal) Middle English atiren 1250–1300

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

attire / əˈtaɪə/ verb

1. (transitive) to dress, esp in fine elegant clothes; array

noun

1. clothes or garments, esp if fine or decorative

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French atirier to put in order, from tire row; see tier¹