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garb

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1. garb - Noun

2. garb - Verb

Meaning

Clothing in general.

The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge.

Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century.

External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech.

A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).

To clothe; array; deck.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed. Livy

To take those fools in clerical garb seriously is to show them too much honor. Albert Einstein

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility. Adam Clarke

Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it. P. Chidambaram

The Reverend Pullman sat on the opposite side of the bench, wearing clerical garb and one of those unctuous smiles that proclaims a monopoly on truth. Jack McDevitt

There are those who talk as if Irishmen were justified in disobeying the law because the law comes to them in a foreign garb. I see no reason why any local colour should be given to the Ten Commandments. Arthur Balfour

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