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Displume

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Dis`plume´
v. t.1.To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.
[imp. & p. p. Displumed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Displuming.]
Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed.
- Burke.
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Verb1.displume - strip of honors, possessions, or attributes
deplume
despoil, foray, pillage, ransack, reave, rifle, loot, plunder, strip - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
2.displume - strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
deplumate, deplume, tear, pluck, pull
strip - remove the surface from; "strip wood"
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