Clothe

[imp. & p. p. CLOTHED or CLAD; p. pr. & vb. n. CLOTHING.] [A.-S. clādhjan, D. kleeden, Icel. klæðha, Dan. klæde, Sw. kläda, Ger. kleiden. See supra.] 1. To put garments upon; to invest with raiment. Go with me, sir, to clothe you as becomes you. Shak.

2. To furnish with raiment; to provide with clothes; as, a master is to feed and clothe his apprentice.
3. To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power.

His sides are clothed with waving wood, And ancient towers crown his brow. Dyer. Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb. Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. Milton.