robe
/ɹoʊb/ verb C2- To clothe; to dress. · robed in glory
- To put on official vestments.
He/she/it robes · Past robed · Past participle robed · -ing form robing
Verb forms
- Base form
- robe
- He/she/it
- robes
- Past
- robed
- Past participle
- robed
- -ing form
- robing
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Nowadays the military profession is in abeyance and the magisterial robe is the badge of honor.
A PEACOCK spreading its gorgeous tail mocked a Crane that passed by, ridiculing the ashen hue of its plumage and saying, “I am robed, like a king, in gold and purple and all the colors of the rainbow; while you have not a bit of color on your wings.” “True,” replied the Crane; “but I soar to the heights of heaven and lift up my voice to the stars, while you walk below, like a cock, among the birds of the dunghill.”
“Oh, Diana,” breathed Anne, squeezing Diana’s mittened hand under the fur robe, “isn’t it all like a beautiful dream?
Mesdemoiselles Noblet, Julia, and Leroux executed the customary pirouettes; Robert duly challenged the Prince of Granada; and the royal father of the princess Isabella, taking his daughter by the hand, swept round the stage with majestic strides, the better to display the rich folds of his velvet robe and mantle.
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