The verb clothe has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel -- (provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child")
2. (2) invest, clothe, adorn -- (furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors)