[clothe] vt clothed or clad ; cloth.ing [ME, fr. OE clathian, fr. clath] (bef. 12c) 1 a: to cover with or as if with cloth or clothing: dress b: to provide with clothes
2: to express or enhance by suitably significant language: couch "treaties clothed in stately phraseology"
3: to endow esp. with power or a quality