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clad

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Clad \Clad\, v.t
   To clothe. [Obs.] --Holland.

Clad \Clad\,
   imp. & p. p. of {Clothe}.

Clothe \Clothe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clothed}or {Clad}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Clothing}.] [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS.
   cl[=a][eth]ian, cl[ae][eth]an. See {Cloth}.]
   1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

            Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak.

   2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family;
      to clothe one's self extravagantly.

            Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov.
                                                  xxiii. 21.

            The naked every day he clad, When he put on his
            clothes.                              --Goldsmith.

   3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe
      one with authority or power.

            Language in which they can clothe their thoughts.
                                                  --Watts.

            His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer.

            Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's
            garb.                                 --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

clad
     See {clothe}
     [also: {cladding}]

clad
     adj 1: wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in
            combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible;
            "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in
            white"; "white-clad nurses" [syn: {clothed}] [ant: {unclothed}]
     2: having an outer covering especially of thin metal;
        "steel-clad"; "armor-clad"
     [also: {cladding}]

clothe
     v 1: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
          and dress their child" [syn: {dress}, {enclothe}, {garb},
           {raiment}, {tog}, {garment}, {habilitate}, {fit out}, {apparel}]
          [ant: {undress}]
     2: furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors [syn:
        {invest}, {adorn}]
     [also: {clad}]
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