Rome bride disposed to dress up (9)
I believe the answer is:
embroider
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">dress up</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(embroider can mean to embellish)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">rome bride disposed</span>' is the wordplay.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">disposed</span>' indicates an anagram.<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">rome</span>'+'<span class="explanation-format__original">bride</span>'='<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">romebride</span>'<br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__intermediate">romebride</span>' anagrammed gives '<span class="explanation-format__answer">EMBROIDER</span>'.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">to</span>' acts as a link.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for embroider that I've seen before include "Sew; embellish" , "Elaborately sew" , "Exaggerate" , "Dress up" , "Add (fictitious) detail to" .)