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   clothe

   /kləʊð/

   verb

   • 1. put clothes on (oneself or someone); dress: "Francesca was clothed in white" Similar dressattireoutfitarrayrig (out)turn outfit outcostumetrick out/uprobegarbdeck outdrapeaccoutreput clothes oninformal:doll upget upliterary:bedizencaparisonarchaic:appareltrap outhabitinvestcoveroverlayoverspreadcloakblanketcarpetenvelopswatheswaddleshroudwrapsurroundliterary:enshroudOpposite undressuncover
   • ▪ provide (someone) with clothes: "they already had eight children to feed and clothe"
   • ▪ endow with a particular quality: "it is clothed with an aura of respectability"

   Word Origin Old English (only recorded in the past participle geclāded), from clāth (see cloth).

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