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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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