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Clothe

//ˈkləʊð// verb

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

    "to feed and clothe a family; to clothe oneself extravagantly"

  2. 2
    provide with clothes or put clothes on wordnet
  3. 3
    To cover or invest, as if with a garment. figuratively

    "to clothe somebody with authority or power"

  4. 4
    cover as if with clothing wordnet
  5. 5
    furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English clothen, from Old English *clāþian (“to clothe”), from Proto-Germanic *klaiþōną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to adhere to, stick”). Cognate with Dutch kleden, German kleiden, Swedish kläda, after apocope klä. See also cloth, clad.

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