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fledge

  [flej] verb, fledged, fledg⋅ing, adjective
Use fledgeless in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring up (a young bird) until it is able to fly.
2. to furnish with or as if with feathers or plumage.
3. to provide (an arrow) with feathers.
–verb (used without object)
4. (of a young bird) to acquire the feathers necessary for flight.
–adjective
5. Archaic. (of young birds) able to fly.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME flegge (fully-)fledged, OE *flecge, as var. of -flycge; c. OHG flucki, MLG vlügge (> G flügge); akin to fly 1

Related forms:
fledgeless, adjective
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Word Origin & History

fledge 
O.E. flycge (Kentish fligge), from W.Gmc. *fluggja- (cf. M.Du. vlugge, Low Ger. flügge). Originally an adj. meaning "having the feathers, fit to fly." As a verb, it is first attested in Eng. 1566. Fledgling is first recorded 1830.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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