Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clothe"

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) 1.7 (wn)

clothe
v 1: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
and dress their child" [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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