parer
Meanings
Verb
1. to adorn; to bedeck
2. to fend off
3. to parry (fencing)
4. to get dressed up (in one's finest clothes) (reflexive)
Examples11
Ce n'est qu'en fuyant qu'on pare de tels coups.
Only by fleeing may one fend off such blows.
Paré de fleurs.
Adorned with flowers.
Qui est paré par l'âge ?
Who is adorned with old age?
Elle s'est parée de bijoux.
She adorned herself with jewels.
L'entreprise n'a pas immédiatement su comment parer ces attaques.
The company did not immediately know how to ward off these attacks.
Pare-toi de simplicité !
Adorn thyself with simplicity.