robe
verb/rəʊb/
/rəʊb/
[usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they robe | /rəʊb/ /rəʊb/ |
| he / she / it robes | /rəʊbz/ /rəʊbz/ |
| past simple robed | /rəʊbd/ /rəʊbd/ |
| past participle robed | /rəʊbd/ /rəʊbd/ |
| -ing form robing | /ˈrəʊbɪŋ/ /ˈrəʊbɪŋ/ |
- robe somebody/yourself (in something) to dress somebody/yourself in long loose clothes or in the way mentioned
- a robed choir
- The priests were robed in black.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from the Germanic base (in the sense ‘booty’) of rob (because clothing was an important component of booty).Definitions on the go
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