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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Dressing :: Dressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dres.
Captation :: Captation (n.) A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction..
Pray :: Pray (v. t.) To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.
Address :: Address (v.) To aim; to direct.
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound..
Deck :: Deck (v. t.) To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish..
Harangue :: Harangue (v. t.) To address by an harangue.
Macassar Oil :: Macassar oil () A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil..
Call :: Call (v. t.) To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name..
Suit :: Suit (v. t.) To dress; to clothe.
Dub :: Dub (v. t.) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth..
Paean :: Paean (n.) An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities..
Speaker :: Speaker (n.) One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives..
Bed :: Bed (v. t.) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.
Roughstrings :: Roughstrings (n. pl.) Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.
Petition :: Petition (n.) A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; -- in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document..
Finify :: Finify (a.) To make fine; to dress finically.
Skiffling :: Skiffling (n.) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.
Adight :: Adight (v. t.) To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress..
Khutbah :: Khutbah (n.) An address or public prayer read from the steps of the pulpit in Mohammedan mosques, offering glory to God, praising Mohammed and his descendants, and the ruling princes..
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