clothe
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[klohth] Pronunciation Key
[klohth] Pronunciation Key –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. |
—Synonyms 1. robe, garb, array, accouter, bedeck.
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(klōth) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. clothed or clad (klād), cloth·ing, clothes
[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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| clothe | |
verb | |
| 1. | provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [ant: discase] |
| 2. | furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors [syn: invest] |
| 3. | cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Clothe
Clothe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clothedor Clad; 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. Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak. 2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov. xxiii. 21. The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. --Goldsmith. 3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power. Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. --Watts. His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer. Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. --Milton.
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Clothe
Clothe\, v. i. To wear clothes. [Poetic] Care no more to clothe eat. --Shak.
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