облечь

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Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From об- (ob-) +‎ лечь (lečʹ).

Verb

обле́чь (obléčʹpf (imperfective облега́ть)

  1. to cover
  2. (cloth) to fit tightly, to cling (to)
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic облѣщи (oblěšti). By surface analysis, об- (ob-) +‎ влечь (vlečʹ). Doublet of обволо́чь (obvolóčʹ).

Verb

обле́чь (obléčʹpf (imperfective облека́ть)

  1. to clothe (in)
  2. to invest (with), to vest (with), to envelop (in)
    обле́чь полномо́чиямиobléčʹ polnomóčijamito invest with authority ; commission
  3. to shape (as), to present (as)
    обле́чь в фо́рму чего́-либоobléčʹ v fórmu čevó-liboto give the shape/form of something
    обле́чь свою́ мысль в таку́ю фо́рму, чтоobléčʹ svojú myslʹ v takúju fórmu, štoto present one's ideas in such a form that; shape one's thoughts in such a way that
    обле́чь та́йнойobléčʹ tájnojto shroud in mystery
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