robe
noun
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
have robed
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present perfectof robe.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Her hands and her feet were the hands and feet of a babe, so slender were they, and soft; and the hair of her head could have robed her.
From Banked Fires by E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi
Lucan and Silius Italicus have robed history with the raiment of verse; but according to Ronsard they would have done better in many ways to have written in prose.
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Joel Elias Spingarn
The pity of it was that the accident of birth should have robed him in the royal purple.
From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Rafael Sabatini
And how can we, who have robed ourselves in the works of darkness, either cast them off or array ourselves in sparkling armour of light?
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Alexander Maclaren
All the sweet garments you have robed me in, tear them off me and send me naked out of Germany.
From "Der Tag" The Tragic Man by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
