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deplume

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de⋅plume

  [dee-ploom]
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–verb (used with object), -plumed, -plum⋅ing.
1. to deprive of feathers; pluck.
2. to strip of honor, wealth, etc.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME deplumen < ML dēplūmāre, equiv. to L dē- de- + plūm(a) feather (see plume ) + -āre inf. suffix

Related forms:
de⋅plu⋅ma⋅tion, noun
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de·plume   (dē-plōōm')   
tr.v.   de·plumed, de·plum·ing, de·plumes
To pluck the feathers from.

[Middle English deplumen, from Old French deplumer, from Medieval Latin dēplūmāre : Latin dē-, de- + Latin plūma, feather.]
de'plu·ma'tion n.
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