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Verb: clothe (clothed, also clad)  klowdh
  1. Provide with clothes or put clothes on
    "Parents must feed and clothe their child";
    - dress, enclothe [rare], garb, raiment [archaic], tog [informal], garment, habilitate [archaic], fit out, apparel [archaic]
     
  2. Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
    "The new monarch was clothed with the crown jewels during the coronation ceremony";
    - invest, adorn
     
  3. Cover as if with clothing
    "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees";
    - cloak, drape, robe

Derived forms: clothing, clothes, clothed

Type of: change state, cover, equip, fit, fit out, outfit, spread over, turn

Encyclopedia: Clothe