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ROBE, n.

1. A kind of gown or long loose garment worn over other dress, particularly by persons in elevated stations. The robe is properly a dress of state or dignity, as of princes, judges, priests, &c. See Ex. 29:55. 1Sam. 24:4. Matt. 27:28.

2. A splendid female gown or garment. 2Sam. 13.

3. An elegant dress; splendid attire.

4. In Scripture, the vesture of purity or righteousness, and of happiness. Job 29. Luke 15.

ROBE, v.t.

1. To put on a robe; or to dress with magnificence; to array.

2. To dress; to invest, as with beauty or elegance; as fields robed with green.

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.
1913 Definition
Robe (robe)
n.(?)
Robe
[F., fr. LL. rauba a gown, dress, garment; originally, booty, plunder. See Rob, v. t., and cf. Rubbish.]
  1. An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.

    Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
    Robes and furred gowns hide all.     Shak.

  2. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
    [U.S.]

    Master of the robes, an officer of the English royal household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes. -- Mistress of the robes, a lady who enjoys the highest rank of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign (when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her robes.

  3. 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.

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