CLOTHE

dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel

(verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on; “Parents must feed and dress their child”

clothe, cloak, drape, robe

(verb) cover as if with clothing; “the mountain was clothed in tropical trees”

invest, clothe, adorn

(verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

clothe (third-person singular simple present clothes, present participle clothing, simple past and past participle clothed or clad)

(transitive) To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.

(figurative) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.

Synonyms

• (to adorn or cover with clothing): dight, don, put on; see also clothe

Source: Wiktionary


Clothe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clothed ( or Clad; p. pr. & vb. n. Clothing.] Etym: [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS. cla\'ebian, clæ\'eban. 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.

Clothe, v. i.

Definition: To wear clothes. [Poetic] Care no more to clothe eat. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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