enrobe

[en-rohb]

verb (used with object)

enrobed, enrobing 

1. to dress; attire.

   The king was enrobed in velvet.

enrobe

/ ɪnˈrəʊb /

verb

1. (tr) to dress in or as if in a robe; attire

Other Word Forms

• enrober noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of enrobe¹

First recorded in 1585–95; en- ¹ + robe

Example Sentences

Toss it with fresh lobster chunks, enrobe cutlets with hollandaise and bread crumbs before frying, or make the most luscious broiled oysters you've ever had.

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A great glaze enrobes and enlivens the meat.

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Then, you end up with a sauce that is rich, creamy and enrobes the pasta beautifully.

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He toured Los Angeles with his Harvard classmate, the ethnologist and writer Charles Lummis, and admired the natural beauty enrobing the city.

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They and their families are expendable indentured servants on a rock enrobed in perpetual darkness.

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Related Words

• dress 
• put on 
• wear