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robe

[rohb] noun, verb, robed, rob⋅ing.
–noun
1. a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
2. any long, loose garment, esp. one for wear while lounging or preparing to dress, as a bathrobe or dressing gown.
3. a woman's gown or dress, esp. of a more elaborate kind: a robe for the evening.
4. robes, apparel in general; dress; costume.
5. a piece of fur, cloth, knitted work, etc., used as a blanket, covering, or wrap: a buffalo robe; a lap robe.
–verb (used with object)
6. to clothe or invest with a robe or robes; dress; array.
–verb (used without object)
7. to put on a robe.

Origin:
1225–75; ME < OF: orig., spoil, booty < Gmc (akin to rob ); cf. OHG roub > G Raub


robeless, adjective
rober, noun
robe   (rōb)   
n.  
  1. A long loose flowing outer garment, especially:
    1. An official garment worn on formal occasions to show office or rank, as by a judge or high church official.
    2. An academic gown.
    3. A dressing gown or bathrobe.
  2. robes Clothes; apparel.
  3. A blanket or covering made of material, such as fur or cloth: a lap robe.
v.   robed, rob·ing, robes

v.   tr.
To cover or dress in or as if in a robe. See Synonyms at clothe.
v.   intr.
To put on robes or a robe.

[Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

Robe

Robe\, n. [F., fr. LL. rauba a gown, dress, garment; originally, booty, plunder. See Rob, v. t., and cf. Rubbish.]

1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. --Shak.

2. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. [U.S.]

Master of the robes, an officer of the English royal household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes.

Mistress of the robes, a lady who enjoys the highest rank of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign (when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her robes.

Robe

Robe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Robed; p. pr. & vb. n. Robing.] To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green.

The sage Chaldeans robed in white appeared. --Pope.

Such was his power over the expression of his countenance, that he could in an instant shake off the sternness of winter, and robe it in the brightest smiles of spring. --Wirt.
Language Translation for : robe
Spanish: manto,
German: langes Gewand,
Japanese: ゆったりした外衣

robe  (n.)
c.1275, from O.Fr. robe "long, loose outer garment," originally "plunder, booty," from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. rouba "vestments," presumably those taken from the enemy as spoils), from W.Gmc. *rauba, the stem that also yielded rob (v.). The verb is recorded from 1377. Metonymic sense of "the legal profession" is attested from 1647.

Main Entry: robe
Function: noun
: the legal profession; especially : the position of a judge —usually used with the <[his]…decision to decline the robe —H. B. Zobel>
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