" caparisoning "

1: to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes;

  * e.g., " ... used to seeing him in a T-shirt and jeans, we were startled by the sight of strapping youth caparisoned for the prom in a tuxedo "

•  Synonyms : 

•  appareling,

•  arraying,

•  attiring,

•  bedecking,

•  clothing,

•  costuming,

•  decking (out),

•  doing up,

•  dressing,

•  dressing up,

•  enrobing,

•  garbing,

•  garmenting,

•  getting up,

•  gowning,

•  habiting,

•  investing,

•  rigging (out),

•  robing,

•  suiting,

•  togging (up or out),

•  toileting,

•  vesturing

•  Antonyms : 

•  disarraying,

•  disrobing,

•  stripping,

•  unclothing,

•  undressing,

•  untrussing

2: to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming;

  * e.g., " ... the state's rolling hills are even more becoming when they are caparisoned in the glorious colors of autumn "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adorning,

•  arraying,

•  beautifying,

•  bedecking,

•  bedizening,

•  blazoning,

•  decking,

•  decorating,

•  doing,

•  doing up,

•  dolling up,

•  draping,

•  dressing,

•  embellishing,

•  emblazing,

•  embossing,

•  enriching,

•  fancifying,

•  fancying up,

•  festooning,

•  garnishing,

•  glitzing (up),

•  gracing,

•  gussying up,

•  ornamenting,

•  prettying (up),

•  trimming

•  Antonyms : 

•  blemishing,

•  defacing,

•  disfiguring,

•  marring,

•  scarring,

•  spoiling

1: to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes;

  * e.g., " ... used to seeing him in a T-shirt and jeans, we were startled by the sight of strapping youth caparisoned for the prom in a tuxedo "

•  Synonyms : 

•  apparel,

•  array,

•  attire,

•  bedeck,

•  clothe,

•  costume,

•  deck (out),

•  do up,

•  dress,

•  dress up,

•  enrobe,

•  garb,

•  garment,

•  get up,

•  gown,

•  habit,

•  invest,

•  rig (out),

•  robe,

•  suit,

•  tog (up or out),

•  toilet,

•  vesture

•  Antonyms : 

•  disarray,

•  disrobe,

•  strip,

•  unclothe,

•  undress,

•  untruss

2: to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming;

  * e.g., " ... the state's rolling hills are even more becoming when they are caparisoned in the glorious colors of autumn "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adorn,

•  array,

•  beautify,

•  bedeck,

•  bedizen,

•  blazon,

•  deck,

•  decorate,

•  do,

•  do up,

•  doll up,

•  drape,

•  dress,

•  embellish,

•  emblaze,

•  emboss,

•  enrich,

•  fancify,

•  fancy up,

•  festoon,

•  garnish,

•  glitz (up),

•  grace,

•  gussy up,

•  ornament,

•  pretty (up),

•  trim

•  Antonyms : 

•  blemish,

•  deface,

•  disfigure,

•  mar,

•  scar,

•  spoil