2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
clothed
adj 1: wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in
combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible;
"proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in
white"; "white-clad nurses" [syn: {clad}] [ant: {unclothed}]
2: covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak;
"leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam
draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks" [syn: {cloaked},
{draped}, {mantled}, {wrapped}]
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