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Webster 1913 Edition
Deplume
De-plume′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deplumed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Depluming
.] [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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deplume
DEPLUME
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
deplume
deplume
English
Verb
deplume (third-person singular simple present deplumes, present participle depluming, simple past and past participle deplumed)
- (transitive) To strip of feathers or plumage.
- On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather. — Fuller.
- (transitive, figuratively) To lay bare; to expose.
- The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of the age. — De Quincey.