Meanings
present singular third person beclothes · participle present beclothing · participle past beclothed · past beclothed
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo clothe about; put clothes on someone or something; wrap or cover in clothing.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*biklaiþijan
- Old English*beclǣþan
- Middle English*beclothen
- Englishbeclothe
From be- + clothe, perhaps continuing Middle English *beclothen, *beclathen, *beclethen (suggested by Middle English bycladde (“dressed, clad”)), from Old English *beclǣþan, *beclāþian (“to put on clothing, clothe about”), from Proto-West Germanic *biklaiþijan, *biklaiþōn (“to clothe about”). Compare Saterland Frisian bekloodje (“to beclothe”), West Frisian beklaaie (“to beclothe”), Dutch bekleden (“to beclothe”), German Low German bekleden (“to beclothe”), German bekleiden (“to beclothe”), Danish beklæde (“to beclothe”), Swedish bekläda (“to beclothe”).
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