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облечь

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Russian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From об- (ob-) +‎ лечь (lečʹ).

Verb

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обле́чь (obléčʹpf (imperfective облега́ть)

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

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

Verb

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обле́чь (obléčʹpf (imperfective облека́ть)

  1. to clothe (in)
  2. to invest (with), to vest (with), to envelop (in)
    обле́чь полномо́чиямиobléčʹ polnomóčijamito invest with authority [powers]; 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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