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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
clothe
    v 1: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
         and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe,
         garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit
         out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel,
         strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress]
    2: furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors [syn:
       invest, clothe, adorn]
    3: cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in
       tropical trees" [syn: clothe, cloak, drape, robe]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Clothe \Clothe\, v. i.
   To wear clothes. [Poetic]
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         Care no more to clothe eat.              --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family;
      to clothe one's self extravagantly.
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            Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov.
                                                  xxiii. 21.
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            The naked every day he clad,
            When he put on his clothes.           --Goldsmith.
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   3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe
      one with authority or power.
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            Language in which they can clothe their thoughts.
                                                  --Watts.
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            His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer.
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            Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's
            garb.                                 --Milton.
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Thesaurus Results for clothe:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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