(a) To put clothing on (sb., the body, the flesh), dress; ~ in (with), to clothe (sb., one's body) in (a particular garment or kind of garments); (b) refl. to put on one's clothes, get dressed; dress (in a certain way); ~ in, ~ with, dress in (a particular garment or garb); (c) to put (grave clothes on sb.).

(a) To provide (sb.) with clothing, give clothes to (sb.), clothe (sb. in a certain way); -- also refl.; (b) to equip (a knight), arm.

P.ppl. Dressed (in a certain way), clothed (in a particular garment or kind of clothing); ~ in Stafford bleu, beaten black and blue.

(a) To cover (sth.), wrap, envelop; hide (sth.), conceal; ~ awei; spread bedclothes on (a bed); (b) to adorn (sth.), deck; (c) ~ with, refl. to assume (the outward appearance of someone else).

Misc. fig. senses: (a) to involve (sb. in ruin), endow (with health or salvation); of wealth, bliss: surround (sb.); ~ in manhede, make (sb.) human, embody in flesh; (b) to acquire (righteousness), adopt (cursing); (c) p.ppl. covered (with shame, etc.); endowed (with righteousness, virtues); full (of a burning sensation).