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robed

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: R OW1 B D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Wearing a robe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of robe

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the elegantly attired gentleman
  • neatly dressed workers
  • monks garbed in hooded robes
  • went about oddly garmented
  • professors robed in crimson
  • tuxedo-attired gentlemen
  • crimson-robed Harvard professors

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: appareled, attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English robe Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English robed From robe + -ed.