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Robe : (noun)
1: any loose flowing garment
2: outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for
official or ceremonial occasions [syn: gown]
(verb)
1: clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes [syn: vest]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Robe : \Robe\, n. [F., fr. LL. rauba a gown, dress, garment;
originally, booty, plunder. See Rob, v. t., and cf.
Rubbish.]
1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant
style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or
the like.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. --Shak.
2. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison,
dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap. [U.S.]
Master of the robes, an officer of the English royal
household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is
supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes.
Mistress of the robes, a lady who enjoys the highest rank
of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign
(when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her
robes.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Robe : \Robe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Robed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Robing.]
To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as,
fields robed with green.
The sage Chaldeans robed in white appeared. --Pope.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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