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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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Clad \Clad\ (kl[a^]d), v. t.
To clothe. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Clad \Clad\,
imp. & p. p. of {Clothe}.
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