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Deplume
Pronunciation : De*plume"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [LL. deplumare; L. de- + plumare to cover with feathers, pluma feather: cf. deplumis featherless, and F. d?plumer.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Deplumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Depluming.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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