Meaning of DISPLUME
| Pronunciation: | | dis'ploom
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- [v] strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
- [v] strip of honors, possessions, or attributes
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| | Synonyms: | | deplumate, deplume, deplume, pluck, pull, tear |
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| | See Also: | | despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip, strip | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis*plume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Displumed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Displuming}.] [Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer,
F. d['e]plumer.]
To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of
decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.
Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed. --Burke.
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