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  1. 1. v. t. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To wear clothes. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. provide with clothes or put clothes on Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. cover as if with clothing Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 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. To wear clothes. [Poetic] Care no more to clothe eat. Shak. Source: webster
  9. 9. To wear clothes. [Poetic]Care no more to clothe eat. Shak. Source: adambom
  10. 10. v:100 v. cover as if with clothing Source: ecdict

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