About The Word Deplume

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Deplume

Deplume Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Deplume?
[v] strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
[v] strip of honors, possessions, or attributes Synonyms | Synonyms for Deplume: deplumate | displume | displume | pluck | pull | tear Related Terms | Find terms related to Deplume: abase | bleed | bleed white | boot | bounce | break | bring into discredit | bring low | bring shame upon | bump | bust | can | cashier | cast reproach upon | debase | defrock | degrade | demote | denude | depose | deprive | despoil | disbar | discharge | discredit | disemploy | disgrace | disgrade | dishonor | dismiss | displace | displume | divest | downgrade | drain | drum out | dry | exhaust | expel | fire | flay | fleece | furlough | give the ax | give the gate | humble | humiliate | impoverish | impute shame to | kick | kick upstairs | lay off | let go | let out | lower | make redundant | milk | pension off | pick clean | pillory | pluck | put to shame | read out of | reduce | reflect discredit upon | release | remove | replace | reproach | retire | sack | separate forcibly | shame | shear | skin | strip | strip bare | strip of rank | suck dry | superannuate | surplus | suspend | turn off | turn out | unfrock See Also | despoil | foray | loot | pillage | plunder | ransack | reave | rifle | strip | strip Deplume In Webster's Dictionary \De*plume"\, v. 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. d['e]plumer.]
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.
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