About The Word Displume
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Displume
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What's The Definition Of Displume?
[v] strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
[v] strip of honors, possessions, or attributes Synonyms | Synonyms for Displume: deplumate | deplume | deplume | pluck | pull | tear Related Terms | Find terms related to Displume: See Also | despoil | foray | loot | pillage | plunder | ransack | reave | rifle | strip | strip Displume In Webster's Dictionary \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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