enrobe

American

[en-rohb] / ɛnˈroʊb /

verb (used with object)

enrobed, enrobing

to dress; attire.

The king was enrobed in velvet.

enrobe British

/ ɪnˈrəʊb /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

enrober

noun

Etymology

Origin of enrobe

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

Example Sentences

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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.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

Inside, we were all given a tray of round chocolate shells, which we learned to fill with ganache, seal with meticulously tempered milk or dark chocolate, and gently enrobe in powdered sugar.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2023

For years the Warner Bros. film studio was run by Alan Horn, known as a deft glad-hander of agents, actors, directors and the sensitive skin that can enrobe them.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2020

Hornby said he had just that desire: to create a story divorced from its era and enrobe it in more timeless emotion.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2015

Thus it is that the heart fashions the mantle with which it is wont to enrobe all nature, and gives to its never silent voices a tone of joy, or sorrow, or holy peace.

From Mind Amongst the Spindles by Various

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