Clothe (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Clothed (&?;) or Clad (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. Clothing.] [OE.
clathen, clothen, clethen, AS.
clāðian, clæðan. See
Cloth.] 1. To put garments on; to
cover with clothing; to dress.
Go with me, to clothe you as becomes
you.
Shak.
2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed
and clothe a family; to clothe one's self
extravagantly.
Drowsiness shall clothe a man with
rags.
Prov. xxiii. 21.
The naked every day he clad,
When he put on his clothes.
Goldsmith.
3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a
garment; as, to clothe one with authority or
power.
Language in which they can clothe their
thoughts.
Watts.
His sides are clothed with waving wood.
J. Dyer.
Thus Belial, with with words clothed in
reason's garb.
Milton.
Clothe (?), v. i. To wear
clothes. [Poetic]
Care no more to clothe eat.
Shak.
