'Clothe' definitions:

Definition of 'clothe'

From: WordNet
verb
Provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress]
verb
Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors [syn: invest, clothe, adorn]
verb
Cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees" [syn: clothe, cloak, drape, robe]

Definition of 'Clothe'

From: GCIDE
  • Clothe \Clothe\, v. i. To wear clothes. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]
  • Care no more to clothe eat. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Clothe'

From: GCIDE
  • Clothe \Clothe\ (kl[=o][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clothed (kl[=o][th]d) or Clad (kl[a^]d); 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. [1913 Webster]
  • Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov. xxiii. 21. [1913 Webster]
  • The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power. [1913 Webster]
  • Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. --Watts. [1913 Webster]
  • His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer. [1913 Webster]
  • Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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