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deplume
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DEPLUME
v.t.[L. A feather. ] To strip or pluck off feathers; to deprive of plumage.
DEPLUMED
pp. Stripped of feathers or plumes.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DEPLUME
De *plume ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deplumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Depluming. ]Etym: [LL. deplumare; L. de- + plumare to cover with feathers, pluma feather: cf. deplumis featherless, and F. déplumer. ]
1. To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage. On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather. Fuller.
2. To lay bare; to expose. The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of the age. De Quincey.
New American Oxford Dictionary
deplume
de plume |dēˈplo͞om diˈplum | ▶verb [ with obj. ] deprive (a bird ) of feathers. • archaic strip or deprive of honor, status, or wealth. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French desplumer or medieval Latin deplumare, from des-, de- (expressing reversal ) + Latin pluma ‘feather. ’
Oxford Dictionary
deplume
de |plume |dɪˈpluːm | ▶verb [ with obj. ] remove feathers from (a bird ). ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French desplumer or medieval Latin deplumare, from des-, de- (expressing reversal ) + Latin pluma ‘feather ’.
French Dictionary
déplumer
déplumer v. tr. , pronom. verbe transitif Dépouiller de ses plumes. : Déplumer une poule. verbe pronominal Perdre ses plumes naturellement. : Les volatiles s ’étaient complètement déplumés. Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Les hirondelles se sont déplumées. aimer
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