Clothe /(klōth)/

Clothe

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Clothed; p. pr. & vb. n. Clothing

  1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.
    Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you.
  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.
  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.

Clothe

v. i.
  1. To wear clothes. [Poetic]
    Care no more to clothe eat.