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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Clothe v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clothed or  Clad p. pr. & vb. n. Clothing.]
 1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.
    Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you.   --Shak.
 2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly.
    Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.   --Prov. xxiii. 21.
 The naked every day he clad,
 When he put on his clothes.   --Goldsmith.
 3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power.
    Language in which they can clothe their thoughts.   --Watts.
    His sides are clothed with waving wood.   --J. Dyer.
    Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb.   --Milton.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 clothed
      adj 1: wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in
             combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible;
             "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in
             white"; "white-clad nurses" [syn: clad] [ant: unclothed]
      2: covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak;
         "leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam
         draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks" [syn: cloaked,
          draped, mantled, wrapped]