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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Robe \Robe\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
robed
adjective: dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination; "the elegantly attired gentleman"; "neatly dressed workers"; "monks garbed in hooded robes"; "went about oddly garmented"; "professors robed in crimson"; "tuxedo-attired gentlemen"; "crimson-robed Harvard professors" [syn: {appareled}, {attired}, {dressed}, {garbed}, {garmented}, {habilimented}]
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