Careful Words

attire (n.)

attire (v.)

  Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.

John Lyly (Circa 1553-1601): Euphues, 1579 (Arber's reprint), page 39.

And ye sall walk in silk attire,

And siller hae to spare,

Gin ye 'll consent to be his bride,

Nor think o' Donald mair.

Susanna Blamire (1747-1794): The Siller Croun.

What are these

So wither'd and so wild in their attire,

That look not like the inhabitants o' the earth,

And yet are on 't?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act i. Sc. 3.