enrobe, v.
(ɛnˈrəʊb)
Also 7 inrobe.
[f. en-1 + robe n.1 Cf. OF. enrober.]
trans. To put a robe upon, dress in a robe. Also transf. and fig.
| 1593 Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 41 The Sun..shall enrobe himselfe in scarlet. 1598 Shakes. Merry W. iv. vi. 41 Quaint in greene, she shall be loose en-roab'd. 1614 Sir W. Leighton in Farr S.P. Jas. I (1848) 265 This leprous corps of sinne with rags enrobe. 1738 Wesley Ps. civ. 2 With Light Thou dost Thyself enrobe. 1850 Chamb. Jrnl. XIV. 30 The Nepaulese envoy, all sumptuously enrobed and glittering with jewels. 1862 Neale Hymns East. Ch. 138 Enrob'd in earthly frame. |
Hence enˈrober, one who enrobes.
| 1598 Florio, Inuestitore, an inuestor, an installer, an enrober, an endower, a presentor. |
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▸ trans. Cookery. To provide with a coating, esp. one of chocolate; to coat, cover, or envelop. Usu. in pass.
| 1915 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 2 Mar. 3/5 (advt.) All this deliciousness is enrobed in our pure chocolate blended with finely chopped peanuts. 1964 Sunday Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 22 Mar. a7/3 Delicately swirled chocolate enrobes fruit, nut center. 1989 Grocer 21 Jan. 116/4 Fresh Scottish salmon, layered with spinach and sorrel, enrobed in a light lattice finished puff pastry case. 2003 Observer Food Monthly Apr. 7/1 It's an almond kernel housed within a date and enrobed in dodgy Middle Eastern chocolate. |