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clothe

[klohth]
–verb (used with object), clothed or clad, cloth⋅ing.
1. to dress; attire.
2. to provide with clothing.
3. to cover with or as with clothing.

Origin:
bef. 950; ME clothen, OE clāthian, deriv. of clāth cloth


1. robe, garb, array, accouter, bedeck.
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clothe   (klōth)   
tr.v.   clothed or clad (klād), cloth·ing, clothes
  1. To put clothes on; dress.

  2. To provide clothes for.

  3. To cover as if with clothing.


[Middle English clothen, from Old English clāthian, from clāth, cloth.]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to cover as if with clothes: trees clothed in leafy splendor; mist that cloaks the mountains; a beam draped with cobwebs; a boulder mantled with moss; snow robing fields and gardens.
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Word Origin & History

clothe 
O.E. claþian (see cloth).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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