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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Displume \Dis*plume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displumed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Displuming.] [Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer,
     F. d['e]plumer.]
     To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of
     decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed.  --Burke.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Displume \Dis*plume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displumed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Displuming.] [Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer,
     F. d['e]plumer.]
     To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of
     decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.
  
           Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed.  --Burke.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  displume
       v 1: strip of honors, possessions, or attributes [syn: deplume]
       2: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn:
           pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  displume
     vb.
     1 To deprive of feathers or plumes.
     2 To strip of an award.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  displume
     vb.
     1 To deprive of feathers or plumes.
     2 To strip of an award.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  displume
     vb.
     1 To deprive of feathers or plumes.
     2 To strip of an award.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  displume
     vb.
     1 To deprive of feathers or plumes.
     2 To strip of an award.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  displume /dɪsplˈuːm/ 
  oškubat

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 拔去羽毛,夺去虚饰;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 拔去羽毛,夺去虚饰

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