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–noun

1.	Andrew, 1808–75, seventeenth president of the U.S. 1865–69.

2.	Charles Spur⋅geon  /ˈspɜrdʒən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [spur-juhn] Show IPA Pronunciation , 1893–1956, U.S. educator and sociologist.

3.	Claudia Alta Taylor (“Lady Bird”), born 1912, U.S. first lady 1963–69 (wife of Lyndon Johnson).

4.	(Earvin) Magic, Jr. born 1959, U.S. basketball player.

5.	Ey⋅vind  /ˈeɪvɪn/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ey-vin] Show IPA Pronunciation , 1900–76, Swedish writer: Nobel prize 1974.

6.	Gerald White, 1890–1980, U.S. writer.

7.	Howard (Deer⋅ing)  /ˈdɪərɪŋ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [deer-ing] Show IPA Pronunciation , 1896?–1972, U.S. businessman: founder of restaurant and motel chain.

8.	Jack (John Arthur), 1878–1946, U.S. heavyweight prizefighter: world champion 1908–15.

9.	James Price, 1891–1955, U.S. pianist and jazz composer.

10.	James Wel⋅don  /ˈwɛldən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [wel-duhn] Show IPA Pronunciation , 1871–1938, U.S. poet and essayist.

11.	Lyn⋅don Baines  /ˈlɪndən beɪnz/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [lin-duhn beynz] Show IPA Pronunciation , 1908–73, thirty-sixth president of the U.S. 1963–69.

12.	Michael, born 1967, U.S. track athlete.

13.	Philip C(ortelyou), 1906–2005, U.S. architect and author.

14.	Rev⋅er⋅dy  /ˈrɛvərdi/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [rev-er-dee] Show IPA Pronunciation , 1796–1876, U.S. lawyer and politician: senator 1845–49, 1863–68.

15.	Richard Men⋅tor  /ˈmɛntər, -tɔr/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [men-ter, -tawr] Show IPA Pronunciation , 1780–1850, vice president of the U.S. 1837–41.

16.	Robert, 1911–38, U.S. blues singer and guitarist from the Mississippi Delta.

17.	Samuel (“Dr. Johnson”), 1709–84, English lexicographer, critic, poet, and conversationalist.

18.	Thomas, 1732–1819, U.S. politician and Supreme Court justice 1791–93.

19.	Virginia E(sh⋅el⋅man)  /ˈɛʃəlmən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [esh-uhl-muhn] Show IPA Pronunciation , born 1925, U.S. psychologist: researcher on human sexual behavior (wife of William H. Masters).

20.	Walter Perry (“Big Train”), 1887–1946, U.S. baseball player.

21.	Sir William, 1715–74, British colonial administrator in America, born in Ireland.

22.	William Julius (“Judy”), 1899–1989, U.S. baseball player, Negro Leagues star.

–noun

1.	an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.

2.	clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful.

3.	formal attire.

4.	a particular form of appearance; guise.

5.	outer covering, as the plumage of birds.

–adjective

6.	of or for a dress or dresses.

7.	of or for a formal occasion.

8.	requiring formal dress.

–verb (used with object)

9.	to put clothing upon.

10.	to put formal or evening clothes on.

11.	to trim; ornament; adorn: to dress a store window; to dress a Christmas tree.

12.	to design clothing for or sell clothes to.

13 3e8 .

to comb out and do up (hair).

14.	to cut up, trim, and remove the skin, feathers, viscera, etc., from (an animal, meat, fowl, or flesh of a fowl) for market or for cooking (often fol. by out when referring to a large animal): We dressed three chickens for the dinner. He dressed out the deer when he got back to camp.

15.	to prepare (skins, fabrics, timber, stone, ore, etc.) by special processes.

16.	to apply medication or a dressing to (a wound or sore).

17.	to make straight; bring (troops) into line: to dress ranks.

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18.	to make (stone, wood, or other building material) smooth.

19.	to cultivate (land, fields, etc.).

20.	Theater. to arrange (a stage) by effective placement of properties, scenery, actors, etc.

21.	to ornament (a vessel) with ensigns, house flags, code flags, etc.: The bark was dressed with masthead flags only.

22.	Angling. a. to prepare or bait (a fishhook) for use. b. to prepare (bait, esp. an artificial fly) for use.

23.	Printing. to fit (furniture) around and between pages in a chase prior to locking it up.

24.	to supply with accessories, optional features, etc.: c54 to have one's new car fully dressed.

–verb (used without object)

25.	to clothe or attire oneself; put on one's clothes: Wake up and dress, now!

26.	to put on or wear formal or fancy clothes: to dress for dinner.

27.	to come into line, as troops.

28.	to align oneself with the next soldier, marcher, dancer, etc., in line.

—Verb phrases

29.	dress down, a. to reprimand; scold. b. to thrash; beat. c. to dress informally or less formally: to dress down for the shipboard luau.

30.

dress up, a. to put on one's best or fanciest clothing; dress relatively formally: They were dressed up for the Easter parade. b. to dress in costume or in another person's clothes: to dress up in Victorian clothing; to dress up as Marie Antoinette. c. to embellish or disguise, esp. in order to make more appealing or acceptable: to dress up the facts with colorful details.

—Idiom

31.	dress ship, a. to decorate a ship by hoisting lines of flags running its full length. b. U.S. Navy. to display the national ensigns at each masthead and a larger ensign on the flagstaff.