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cloathe

cloathe is the obsolete form of clothe.

Meaning of clothe

Verb

clothe (third-person singular simple present clothes, present participle clothing, simple past and past participle clothed or (archaic) clad)

  1. (transitive) To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
    • to feed and clothe a family; to clothe oneself extravagantly
    Synonyms:
    dight
  2. (figuratively) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
    • to clothe somebody with authority or power

Forms of cloathe

third-person singular presentcloathes
present participlecloathing
past participlecloathed
pastcloathed

Questions about cloathe

What is cloathe the obsolete form of?
Cloathe is the obsolete form of clothe.

Words near cloathe in the dictionary

  1. cloamer
  2. cloamers
  3. cloaming
  4. cloams
  5. cloath
  6. cloathe
  7. cloathed
  8. cloathes
  9. cloathing
  10. cloathings
  11. cloaths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cloathe (page history and authors); clothe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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