Morpheme
Dress
Type
free base
Denotation
put on, prepare, put in order, arrange, make straight, direct, straighten
Etymology
Middle English dressen, dresse; Anglo-Norman and Old French dresser, drecier; Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre, from dīrēctus + -iāre; Latin dīrigere, from dis- + regere
Evidence
battledress, coatdress, dress, dressable, dressage, dresscoat, dressed, dresser, dresses, dressier, dressiest, dressing, dressless, dresslike, dressmaker, dresswear, dressy, hairdresser, housedress, microdress, mididress, minidress, outdress, overdress, redress, sundress, underdress, undress, undressed
Notes
dress and direct are doublets
