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to enclothe

to enclothe

9.9
To put clothes on a person or thing
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈkloʊð/
  • Archaic
translation icon : vestir
  • The charity seeks to enclothe homeless individuals during the winter months.

Examples

  • Please enclothe the baby before taking her outside.

  • Tradition required them to enclothe the statue before the annual festival.

  • She took it upon herself to enclothe and feed every orphan in the village.

  • The charity aims to enclothe the homeless.

  • The charity seeks to enclothe homeless individuals during the winter months.

  • She took it upon herself to enclothe and feed every orphan in the village.

  • Please enclothe the baby before taking her outside.

Synonyms

to dress
vsto enclothe
∞ 1.0

To put clothes on yourself or someone else

is the broader act of supplying or putting on clothes, not only for events
clothing
vsto enclothe
530 1.0

Things you wear to cover your body

describes the action of supplying or putting on those garments rather than the items
to clad
vsto enclothe
16 5.7

To cover with clothing or another material

is about giving clothes or putting them on rather than using other coverings
to outfit
vsto enclothe
13 3.7

To give someone clothes or equipment for a particular purpose

is not limited to purposeful provision and covers general clothing or dressing
to apparel
vsto enclothe
  • Formal
1 7.2

To put clothes on someone

focuses equally on supplying clothes and actually putting them on someone
to fit out
vsto enclothe
1 4.2

To give a person or place the supplies needed for a specific purpose

is the simpler idea of giving or putting on clothes without special purpose
to vesture
vsto enclothe
  • Literature
9.9

To cover with clothes, for example a cloak

is the general act of giving or putting on clothes, not a specific garment type
to raiment
vsto enclothe
  • Archaic
9.9

To put clothes on someone

uses plain modern wording for the same action of supplying or putting on clothes

Antonyms

to strip
  • NSFW
63 3.4

Take off most or all clothes

to unclothe
  • NSFW
7.4

To remove clothes from a person or a cover from an object

How Clothed

to enclothe
  • Archaic
9.9
to dress
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

enclothe infinitive
enclothed past
enclothed past participle
enclothing present participle
enclothes third person singular

Morphology

enclothe = clothe (transparent) = en + clothe

Formed by the productive prefix 'en-' added to 'clothe'; meaning 'to provide with clothes' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Enclothe starts with en- meaning 'in' or 'to put on', and the second part comes from cloth, the same root as the word clothe. So enclothe is like 'putting someone into cloth', which explains why it means to dress or provide someone with clothes.