2. Verb. (third-person singular of dress) ¹
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Definition of Dresses
1. dress [v] - See also: dress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dresses
Literary usage of Dresses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1903)
"The letters and telegrams demanding the dresses are a sufficient putting in ...
The next morning (the 17th) she telegraphed: "Do not ship other dresses ..."
2. History of Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson (1881)
"then that we find the most luxurious fauteuils and ottomans,1 the richest dresses,
the most gorgeous river- boats,2 the most elaborately carved musical ..."
3. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"CHAPTER III EUSTACIA dresses HERSELF ON A BLACK MORNING A consciousness of a vast
impassivity in all which lay around him took possession even of Yeobright ..."
4. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"New York, clear Atmosphere and gay dresses. ... Except at balls and large parties,
they wear high dresses, and, as usual in mercantile communities, ..."
5. The five great monarchies of the ancient Eastern world; or, The history by George Rawlinson (1871)
"It appears on the bowls frequently, as do sphinxes of an Egyptian type; while
sometimes heads and head-dresses purely Egyptian are found, as the subjoined,7 ..."
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