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Robe
Robe
,Noun.
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. Shakespeare
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.
Robe
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Robed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Robing
.] To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array;
as, fields
. robed
with greenThe 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.
Definition 2024
robě
robě
Czech
Noun
robě n
Declension
Declension of robě
Derived terms
Synonyms
Verb
robě
- present masculine singular transgressive of robit
- 1991, Karel Čapek, “Betlém”, in O věcech obecných čili Zóon politikon, ISBN 80-202-0271-4:
- ...pracoval v drobném, trpělivě robě chlumy a rovinky, mírné řeky a zavřené obzory...
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