| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | gar·ment |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  gär m nt |
| NOUN: | An article of clothing. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: gar·ment·ed, gar·ment·ing, gar·ments
To clothe; dress. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French garnement, from garnir, to equip, of Germanic origin. See wer-4 in Appendix I.
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