deplume : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deplume	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deplume v strip of honors, possessions, or attributes [syn: deplume, displume] strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" Synonym(s): pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deplume \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[82]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.