- Clothed
- Clothe Clothe (kl[=o][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clothed}
(kl[=o][th]d) or {Clad} (kl[a^]d); 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.
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Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. [1913 Webster]
Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov. xxiii. 21. [1913 Webster]
The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power. [1913 Webster]
Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. --Watts. [1913 Webster]
His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer. [1913 Webster]
Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.