garb (gärb)
n.

1. A distinctive style or form of clothing; dress: clerical garb.
2. An outward appearance; a guise: presented their radical ideas in the garb of moderation.

tr.v., garbed, garb·ing, garbs.
To cover with or as if with clothing; dress.

[Obsolete French garbe, grace, from Italian garbo, from garbare, to please, of Germanic origin.]

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