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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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