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