▪ I. † appaˈrage, n. Obs.
[a. OF. aparage, f. aparer, f. à:—L. ad to + par equal, peer. Cf. mod.F. parage.]
Noble extraction, nobility, rank, quality.
| 1503 Hawes Examp. Virtue viii. 152 For she is comen of royall apparage. Ibid. xiii. 252 A gowne of syluer for grete aparage. |
▪ II. † aˈpparage, v. Obs. rare—1.
[a. OF. app-, aparagie-r to make of equal rank, f. aparage; see prec. Cf. disparage.]
intr. To be of equal rank (OF. s'aparager).
| a 1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 20 No worldely plesaunce and worshipe may not apparage to goodnesse. |