Robed

Robed
Robe Robe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Robed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Robing}.] To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green. [1913 Webster]

The sage Chaldeans robed in white appeared. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Such was his power over the expression of his countenance, that he could in an instant shake off the sternness of winter, and robe it in the brightest smiles of spring. --Wirt. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • robed — [rəubd US roubd] adj formal wearing long loose clothing ▪ a robed figure robed in ▪ a man robed in black …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • -robed — [[t] roʊbd[/t]] COMB in ADJ: ADJ n robed combines with the names of colours to indicate that someone is wearing robes of a particular colour. ...a brown robed monk …   English dictionary

  • robed — adjective dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination the elegantly attired gentleman neatly dressed workers monks garbed in hooded robes went about oddly garmented professors robed in crimson tuxedo attired gentlemen… …   Useful english dictionary

  • robed — adj. Robed is used with these nouns: ↑figure …   Collocations dictionary

  • robed — rəʊb n. any long loose garment; dress, gown v. dress oneself in a long loose garment; put on a dress, put on a gown …   English contemporary dictionary

  • robed — bored …   Anagrams dictionary

  • robed — adjective clothe in or put on a robe or robes. → robe …   English new terms dictionary

  • Hindukush White-Robed Kafir people — White Robed (Sfed Posh) or Red Robed (Lal Posh) Kafirs were blanket names for usually three clans, namely:# Kalasha (of former Kafiristan) or Wai # Askunu or Ashkun # Vasi or PrasunIt is assumed, that the Vasi (Prasun) Kafirs were the originally… …   Wikipedia

  • appareled attired clad dressed garbed garmented habilimented robed — clothed clothed adj. 1. wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: {adorned(predicate), bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked out(predicate)}; {appareled, attired, clad, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed}; {arrayed, panoplied};… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fire-robed — fireˈ robed adjective (Shakespeare) Apparently clothed in fire • • • Main Entry: ↑fire …   Useful english dictionary

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