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ENCLOTHE

Dictionary entry overview: What does enclothe mean?

• ENCLOTHE (verb)
The verb ENCLOTHE has 1 sense:

1. provide with clothes or put clothes on

Familiarity information: ENCLOTHE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ENCLOTHE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Provide with clothes or put clothes on

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

apparel; raiment; garment; garb; enclothe; clothe; tog; fit out; dress; habilitate

Context example:

Parents must feed and dress their child

Hypernyms (to "enclothe" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enclothe"):

prim; prim out; prim up (dress primly)

robe; vest (clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes)

costume; dress up (dress in a costume)

coat (cover or provide with a coat)

shoe (furnish with shoes)

corset (dress with a corset)

overclothe; overdress (dress excessively)

vesture (provide or cover with a cloak)

habit (put a habit on)

shirt (put a shirt on)

frock (put a frock on)

jacket (put a jacket on)

cover; wrap up (clothe, as if for protection from the elements)

gown (dress in a gown)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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