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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clothe \Clothe\ (kl[=o][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clothed}
     (kl[=o][th]d) or {Clad} (kl[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Clothing}.] [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS.
     cl[=a][eth]ian, cl[=ae][eth]an. See {Cloth}.]
     1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.
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              Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak.
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     2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family;
        to clothe one's self extravagantly.
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              Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov.
                                                    xxiii. 21.
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              The naked every day he clad,
              When he put on his clothes.           --Goldsmith.
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     3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe
        one with authority or power.
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              Language in which they can clothe their thoughts.
                                                    --Watts.
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              His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer.
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              Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's
              garb.                                 --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clad \Clad\ (kl[a^]d), v. t.
     To clothe. [Obs.] --Holland.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clad \Clad\,
     imp. & p. p. of {Clothe}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clad
       See {clothe}
       [also: {cladding}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clothe
       v 1: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
            and dress their child" [syn: {dress}, {enclothe}, {garb},
             {raiment}, {tog}, {garment}, {habilitate}, {fit out}, {apparel}]
            [ant: {undress}]
       2: furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors [syn:
          {invest}, {adorn}]
       [also: {clad}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clad
       adj 1: wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in
              combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible;
              "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in
              white"; "white-clad nurses" [syn: {clothed}] [ant: {unclothed}]
       2: having an outer covering especially of thin metal;
          "steel-clad"; "armor-clad"
       [also: {cladding}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "clad":
     apparel, appareled, array, arrayed, attire, attired, bedecked,
     breeched, capped, chausse, cloaked, clothed, coifed, costumed,
     decked, dight, disguised, dress, dressed, enclothe, endued, face,
     garb, garbed, garment, garmented, gowned, habilimented, habited,
     hooded, invested, liveried, mantled, pantalooned, raiment,
     raimented, rigged out, robed, shod, shoed, side, skin, tired,
     togged, tricked out, trousered, vested, vestmented
  
  

















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