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for raiment
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Raiment \Rai"ment\ (r[=a]"ment), n. [Abbrev. fr. arraiment. See
Array.]
1. Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually
singular in form, with a collective sense.
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Living, both food and raiment she supplies.
--Dryden.
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2. An article of dress. [R. or Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
raiment
n 1: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: array,
raiment, regalia]
v 1: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe,
garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit
out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel,
strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "raiment":
apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bedizenment, bedrape, bundle up,
clad, clothe, clothes, clothing, costume, deck, dight, drape,
drapery, dress, dressing, dud, duds, enclothe, endue, enrobe,
enshroud, envelop, enwrap, fashion, fatigues, feathers, fig, frock,
garb, garment, garments, gear, gown, guise, habiliment,
habiliments, habilitate, habit, invest, investiture, investment,
lap, linen, muffle up, rag, rag out, rags, robe, robes, sheathe,
shroud, sportswear, style, swaddle, swathe, things, threads, tire,
togs, toilette, trim, vestment, vesture, wear, wearing apparel,
wrap, wrap up
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