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CLOTHE, pret. and pp. clothed, or clad. See Cloth.
1. To put on garments to invest the body with raiment to cover with dress, for concealing nakedness and defending the body from cold or injuries.
The Lord God made coats of skin and clothed them. Genesis 3 .
2. To cover with something ornamental.
Embroidered purple clothes the golden beds.
But clothe, without the aid of other words, seldom signifies to adorn. In this example from Pope, it signifies merely to cover.
3. To furnish with raiment to provide with clothes as, a master is to feed and clothe his apprentice.d
4. To put on to invest to cover, as with a garment as, to clothe thoughts with words.
I will clothe her priests with salvation. Psalms 132 .
Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Proverbs 23 .
Let them be clothed with shame. Psalms 35 .
5. To invest to surround to encompass.
The Lord is clothed with majesty. Psalms 93 .
Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. Psalms 104 .
6. To invest to give to by commission as, to clothe with power or authority.
7. To cover or spread over as, the earth is clothed with verdure.
CLOTHE, To wear clothes.
Care no more to clothe and eat.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Clothe'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/clothe.html.
Entry for 'Clothe'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/clothe.html.
