v. Also 7 inrobe. [f. EN-1 + ROBE sb. Cf. OF. enrober.] trans. To put a robe upon, dress in a robe. Also transf. and fig.

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1593.  Nashe, Christ’s T. (1613), 41. The Sun … shall enrobe himselfe in scarlet.

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1598.  Shaks., Merry W., IV. vi. 41. Quaint in greene, she shall be loose en-roab’d.

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1614.  Sir W. Leighton, in Farr, S. P. Jas. I. (1848), 265. This leprous corps of sinne with rags enrobe.

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1738.  Wesley, Ps. civ. 2. With Light Thou dost Thyself enrobe.

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1850.  Chamb. Jrnl., XIV. 30. The Nepaulese envoy, all sumptuously enrobed and glittering with jewels.

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1862.  Neale, Hymns East. Ch., 138. Enrob’d in earthly frame.

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  Hence Enrober, one who enrobes.

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1598.  Florio, Inuestitore, an inuestor, an installer, an enrober, an endower, a presentor.

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