n.

1. Clothing, especially outer garments; attire.
2. A covering or adornment: trees with their apparel of foliage.

tr.v., -eled or -elled, -el·ing or -el·ling, -els or -els.

1. To clothe or dress.
2. To adorn or embellish.

[Middle English appareil, from Old French apareil, preparation, from apareillier, to prepare, possibly from Vulgar Latin *appariculāre, from Latin apparāre. See apparatus.]

noun

Articles worn to cover the body: attire, clothes, clothing, dress, garment (used in plural), habiliment (often used in plural), raiment. Informal dud (used in plural), tog (used in plural). Slang thread (used in plural). See put on/take off.

verb

To put clothes on: attire, clothe, dress, garb, garment, invest. Informal tog. See put on/take off.

IN BRIEF: Clothing, garments.

Do you know of a store that sells formal apparel?

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: covering designed to be worn on a person's body
  Synonyms: clothing, clothes, vesture, wearing apparel, wear, article of clothing

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The verb apparel has one meaning:

Meaning #1: provide with clothes or put clothes on
  Synonyms: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - klædning, dragt
v. tr. - iklæde, iføre

Nederlands (Dutch)
kleding, borduurwerk op kleding van geestelijke, uitrusting (van schip), uitdossen, uitrusten

Français (French)
n. - vêtements, habits, habillement
v. tr. - vêtir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bekleidung
v. - anziehen, schmücken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ενδυμασία, ρούχα

Italiano (Italian)
paramenti, abbigliamento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - roupa (f), vestuário (m), aparelho (m)

Русский (Russian)
одеяние, наряд

Español (Spanish)
n. - ropa, atavío, indumentaria, aparejo
v. tr. - aparejar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dräkt, kläder, broderi

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
衣服, 服装, 外观, 衣着, 使穿衣, 装饰

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 衣服, 服裝, 外觀, 衣著
v. tr. - 使穿衣, 裝飾

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 옷[차림], 장구, 제복의 자수
v. tr. - 을 단장하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 衣装, 美しいおおい, 衣料

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) يكسو, يزين, يجهز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לבוש, תלבושת‬
v. tr. - ‮התלבש, לבש‬

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apparel	Connected Apparel
Apparel Fitness	Majestic Apparel