Meaning

verb provide with clothes or put clothes on

adjective wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; - Bible

verb furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors

originFrom Middle English clad, cladde, cled(e), cledde, past tense and past participle forms of clethen (“(also figurative) to put clothing on, clothe, dress; to provide clothing to; to arm, equip; to cover, envelop; to…

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