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clothe
English
Etymology
From Middle English clothen, from Old English cl?þian (“to clothe”), from Proto-Germanic *klaiþ?n? (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to adhere to, stick”). Cognate with Dutch kleden, German kleiden, Swedish kläda, after apocope klä. See also cloth, clad.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kl??ð/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?klo?ð/
- Rhymes: -??ð
Verb
clothe (third-person singular simple present clothes, present participle clothing, simple past and past participle clothed or (archaic) clad)
- (transitive) To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
- 1478, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, 101-104, [1]
- A YEMAN hadde he and servantz namo / At that tyme, for hym liste ride soo; / And he was clad in cote and hood of grene.
- 1478, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, 101-104, [1]
- (figuratively) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
- language in which they can clothe their thoughts
- 1726, John Dyer, Grongar Hill
- His sides are clothed with waving wood.
Synonyms
- (to adorn or cover with clothing): dight, don, put on; see also Thesaurus:clothe
Derived terms
- beclothe
- overclothe
- underclothe
Translations
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English cl?þ.
Noun
clothe
- Alternative form of cloth
Etymology 2
From Old English cl?þian.
Verb
clothe
- Alternative form of clothen
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bewrap
English
Etymology
From Middle English bewrappen, equivalent to be- +? wrap. Compare also Middle English bewlappen (“to bewrap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b???æp/
Verb
bewrap (third-person singular simple present bewraps, present participle bewrapping, simple past and past participle bewrapped)
- (obsolete) To wrap up or otherwise conceal; clothe; envelop.
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