garment

Etymology

From Middle English garment, garement, garnement, from Old French garnement, guarnement, from garnir (“to garnish, adorn, fortify”), from Frankish. More at garnish.

noun

  1. A single item of clothing.
  2. (figurative) The visible exterior in which a thing is invested or embodied.
    The highest state in which the soul completely casts away its garment of flesh and becomes a disembodied spirit. 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 241
  3. (Mormonism) Short for temple garment.

verb

  1. (transitive) To clothe in a garment.

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