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clothe

American  
[klohth] / kloʊð /

verb (used with object)

clothed, clad, clothing

  1. to dress; attire.

    Synonyms:
    bedeck, accouter, array, garb, robe

  2. to provide with clothing.

  3. to cover with or as with clothing.

clothe British  
/ kləʊð /

verb

  1. to dress or attire (a person)

  2. to provide with clothing or covering

  3. to conceal or disguise

  4. to endow or invest

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Other Word Forms

  • half-clothed adjective
  • preclothe verb (used with object)
  • reclothe verb (used with object)
  • underclothed adjective
  • well-clothed adjective

Etymology

Origin of clothe

before 950; Middle English clothen, Old English clāthian, derivative of clāth cloth

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