[syn: clothe, cloak, drape, robe]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clothe \Clothe\, v. i.
To wear clothes. [Poetic]
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Care no more to clothe eat. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clothe \Clothe\ (kl[=o][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clothed
(kl[=o][th]d) or Clad (kl[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Clothing.] [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS.
cl[=a][eth]ian, cl[=ae][eth]an. See Cloth.]
1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.
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Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak.
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2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family;
to clothe one's self extravagantly.
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Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov.
xxiii. 21.
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The naked every day he clad,
When he put on his clothes. --Goldsmith.
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3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe
one with authority or power.
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Language in which they can clothe their thoughts.
--Watts.
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His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer.
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Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's
garb. --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clothe
v 1: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe,
garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit
out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel,
strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress]
2: furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors [syn:
invest, clothe, adorn]
3: cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in
tropical trees" [syn: clothe, cloak, drape, robe]