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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


deplume

deplume

See also: déplumé and déplume

English

Verb

deplume (third-person singular simple present deplumes, present participle depluming, simple past and past participle deplumed)

  1. (transitive) To strip of feathers or plumage.
    On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather. Fuller.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To lay bare; to expose.
    The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of the age. De Quincey.