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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.
[L. A feather.] To strip or pluck off feathers; to deprive of plumage.

Definition 2024

déplume

déplume

See also: deplume and déplumé

French

Verb

déplume

  1. first-person singular present indicative of déplumer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of déplumer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of déplumer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of déplumer
  5. second-person singular imperative of déplumer

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