About The Word Clothe
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Clothe
Clothe Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Clothe?
[v] provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"
[v] furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors Synonyms | Synonyms for Clothe: adorn | apparel | dress | enclothe | fit out | garb | garment | habilitate | invest | raiment | tog Related Terms | Find terms related to Clothe: accommodate | accouter | afford | apparel | apply to | arm | array | attire | authorize | bedeck | bedrape | blanket | block | bundle up | canopy | caparison | clad | cloak | clothe with power | cloud | contribute | cope | costume | cover | cover up | cowl | curtain | deck | deputize | dight | do up | donate | drape | dress | dress up | dud | eclipse | empower | enable | enclothe | endow | endue | enrobe | enshroud | envelop | enwrap | equip | fill | fill up | film | find | fit out | fit up | fund | furnish | garb | garment | give | habilitate | hood | invest | keep | lap | lay on | lay over | maintain | make available | make provision for | mantle | mask | muffle | muffle up | obduce | obscure | occult | outfit | overlay | overspread | prepare | present | provide | provide for | put on | rag out | raiment | recruit | replenish | rig out | robe | screen | scum | sheathe | shield | shroud | spread over | stock | store | subsidize | superimpose | superpose | supply | support | swaddle | swathe | tire | veil | wrap | wrap up | yield See Also | change state | coat | corset | costume | cover | dress up | equip | fit | fit out | frock | gown | habit | jacket | outfit | overclothe | overdress | prim | prim out | prim up | robe | shirt | shoe | turn | vest | vesture | wrap up Clothe In Webster's Dictionary \Clothe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clothed}or {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.
\Clothe\, v. i. To wear clothes. [Poetic] Care no more to clothe eat. --Shak. |
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