Definition of dress

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Dress (v. t.) To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Direction :: Direction (n.) The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter..
Homespun :: Homespun (n.) Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun..
Doff :: Doff (v. i.) To put off dress; to take off the hat.
Fantastic :: Fantastic (n.) A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop..
Cool :: Cool (superl.) Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress..
Management :: Management (v.) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense.
Redressive :: Redressive (a.) Tending to redress.
Decorous :: Decorous (a.) Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge..
Dubbing :: Dubbing (n.) A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing.
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from..
Style :: Style (v. t.) Mode or phrase by which anything is formally designated; the title; the official designation of any important body; mode of address; as, the style of Majesty..
Cornet :: Cornet (n.) A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century..
Zouave :: Zouave (n.) Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War, 1861-65..
Superscript :: Superscribe (v. t.) To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to superscribe a letter..
Sire :: Sire (n.) A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign..
Costume :: Costume (n.) Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period..
Farce :: Farce (v. t.) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat..
Wig :: Wig (n.) A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers..
Dight :: Dight (v. t.) To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn..
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet..
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