Definition for ROBE

ROBE, v.t.

  1. To put on a robe; or to dress with magnificence; to array. – Pope. Thomson.
  2. To dress; to invest, as with beauty or elegance; as, fields robed with green. Such was his power over the expression of his countenance, that he could in an instant shake off the sternness of winter, and robe it in the brightest smiles of spring. – Wirt.

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