3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clothe \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clothe \Clothe\, v. i.
To wear clothes. [Poetic]
Care no more to clothe eat. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
clothe
v 1: provide with clothes or put clothes on [syn: {dress}, {enclothe},
{garb}, {raiment}, {tog}, {garment}, {habilitate}, {fit
out}, {apparel}] [ant: {undress}]
2: furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors [syn:
{invest}, {adorn}]
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