Definition of Clothe

1. Verb. Provide with clothes or put clothes on. "Parents must feed and dress their child"


2. Verb. Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors.
Exact synonyms: Adorn, Invest
Generic synonyms: Equip, Fit, Fit Out, Outfit
Derivative terms: Investiture, Investment

3. Verb. Cover as if with clothing. "The mountain was clothed in tropical trees"
Exact synonyms: Cloak, Drape, Robe
Generic synonyms: Cover, Spread Over

Definition of Clothe

1. v. t. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

2. v. i. To wear clothes.

Definition of Clothe

1. Verb. (transitive) To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clothe

1. to provide with clothing [v CLOTHED, CLAD, CLOTHING, CLOTHES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clothe

clot
clot-dissolving medications
clot buster
clot retraction
clot retraction time
clotbur
clotburs
clote
clotes
cloth
cloth cap
cloth covering
clothback
clothbacks
clothbound
clothe (current term)
clothed
clothes
clothes-brush
clothes-brushes
clothes-maiden
clothes-peg
clothes-pegs
clothes-shop
clothes basket
clothes closet
clothes designer
clothes don't make the man
clothes drier
clothes dryer

Literary usage of Clothe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity.. by Society of Antiquaries of London (1789)
"It'm for making of a paire of hoofe of orange-coloured clothe upper (locked with ... It'm for a paire of boote hoofe of blacke clothe with two paire ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1858)
"Without the idea of beauty, couldst thon conceive a form in which to clothe a soul that has entered heaven ! Agreeable surprises are the perquisites of ..."

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