Definitions

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of robe.
  • adjective Wearing a robe.

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  • adjective dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination

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Examples

  • A wreath of pearl gleamed through her hair, and lace and satin robed her peerless form – the tinge upon her cheek might not have been so bright as once it was, but to me she was lovely – more of mind was blended with the feelings of the heart, and gave a higher tone to her beauty.

    Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick, North America Frederick 1845

  • It reads like the plot of a bad conspiracy-themed action novel, wherein robed men give booming speeches about Protecting God’s Church At All Costs while minor henchmen destroy documents and arrange for naysayers to be ‘disappeared.’

    Dear God - Her Bad Mother 2010

  • Getting "robed" putting the robes on with the chancellor and other professors was ...well...our seven year old daughter who sneaked into the back room looked at all of us in these thick black robes said, "This looks just like Harry Potter."

    Tiffany Shlain: Writing My UC-Berkeley Commencement Speech -- What to Say? Tiffany Shlain 2010

  • Getting "robed" (putting the robes on with the chancellor and other professors) was ... well ... our seven year old daughter who sneaked into the back room looked at all of us in these thick black robes said, "This looks just like Harry Potter."

    Tiffany Shlain: Writing My UC-Berkeley Commencement Speech -- What to Say? 2010

  • Little bite size balls 'robed' in chocolate .... ohhhh mama!

    There's a What? Where? 2007

  • The teabaggers 'second-favorite Justice (we know they prefer the lighter-skinned version, Scalia), like some kind of robed Abe Simpson, shouts at the clouds, "There are too many rights nowadays!"

    Daily Kos 2009

  • The teabaggers 'second-favorite Justice (we know they prefer the lighter-skinned version, Scalia), like some kind of robed Abe Simpson, shouts at the clouds, "There are too many rights nowadays!"

    Daily Kos 2009

  • He's talking about people who believe they've had near death experiences, but when they die and come back they talk about a council of white robed people and people with Roman togas and wraps and, you know, streets lined with gold.

    Elisa Medhus, M.D.: The Insider's Guide To Death M.D. Elisa Medhus 2011

  • He's talking about people who believe they've had near death experiences, but when they die and come back they talk about a council of white robed people and people with Roman togas and wraps and, you know, streets lined with gold.

    Elisa Medhus, M.D.: The Insider's Guide To Death M.D. Elisa Medhus 2011

  • He's talking about people who believe they've had near death experiences, but when they die and come back they talk about a council of white robed people and people with Roman togas and wraps and, you know, streets lined with gold.

    Elisa Medhus, M.D.: The Insider's Guide To Death M.D. Elisa Medhus 2011

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