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# enrobe

«enrobe» in Mova's school dictionary: **to dress them in a robe or special clothes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (enrobe, enrobes, enrobed, enrobing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To enrobe someone is to dress them in a robe or special clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#m1)

2) (cooking) To enrobe food is to coat it all over, especially in chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Rare. Seen on sweet packets («enrobed in milk chocolate») and in old or ceremonial writing (a judge or bishop enrobed). Phrases: enrobed in chocolate.

### examples

- The biscuits are enrobed in milk chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#x1)
- The factory machine enrobes each sweet in chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#x2)
- The new judge was enrobed in red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#x3)
- The king was enrobed for the ceremony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#x4)
- The packet said «wafers enrobed in caramel». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#x5)
- The choir was enrobed in white gowns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/#x6)

### note

A fancy word; plain words are «coated» or «dressed». Mainly used by food companies to sound posh. Not «unrobe» (which is the opposite: disrobe).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «enrobe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enrobe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.