†aˈdub,v.Obs.Forms: 5 adube, adubbe, 5–6 adoub(e, 6 addoub(e.[a.OFr.adube-r, adoube-r, adubbe-r, adoubbe-r, to equip a knight, to array;f.à to + douber to dub.]1.To invest with the insignia of knighthood; to knight; to dub.c1450Merlin 122Thei shull neuer be dubbed of no man till thow a-dubbe hem and yeve hem armes.a1521Helyas in Thoms ProseRom.III. 148,I shal adube you knight.2.To equip, array, invest, accoutre.1475CaxtonJason 28 b,Jason and the Syriens adoubed them.1480―Ovid's Metam. xii. xxii,Appollo adoubed hyme with a thycke clowde.