Thesaurus: deplume

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1. v. t. To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.
2. v. t. To lay bare; to expose.
3. v. strip of honors, possessions, or attributes
4. v. strip of feathers
5. 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.
6. v. strip of honors, possessions, or attributes