clothe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clothe	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for clothe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clothe v provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" Synonym(s): dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel Antonym(s): discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors Synonym(s): invest, clothe, adorn cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees" Synonym(s): clothe, cloak, drape, robe
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clothe \Clothe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clothed}[or] {Clad}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clothing}.] [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS. cl[be][eb]ian, cl[91][eb]an. See {Cloth}.] 1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress. Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak. 2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov. xxiii. 21. The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. --Goldsmith. 3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power. Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. --Watts. His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer. Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clothe \Clothe\, v. i. To wear clothes. [Poetic] Care no more to clothe eat. --Shak.