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| VERB: | 1. To surround with hostile troops: beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, siege. Idioms: lay siege to . See ATTACK. 2. To put clothes on: apparel, attire, clothe, dress, garb, garment. Informal : tog. See PUT ON. 3. To present with a quality, trait, or power: dower, endow, endue, gift, gird. See GIVE. 4. To admit formally into membership or office, as with ritual: inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate. See ACCEPT. 5. To cover completely and closely, as with clothing or bandages: enfold, envelop, enwrap, infold, roll, swaddle, swathe, wrap, wrap up. See PUT ON. 6. To surround and cover completely so as to obscure: cloak, clothe, enfold, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, infold, shroud, veil, wrap. See SHOW.
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