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replume

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English

Etymology

From re- + plume.

Verb

replume (third-person singular simple present replumes, present participle repluming, simple past and past participle replumed)

  1. (transitive) To plume again or differently.
    • 2015 October 27, “Betty Crocker’s Absurd, Gorgeous Atomic-Age Creations”, in New York Times:
      In around 1350, Taillevent recorded a peacock cooked and replumed in its plumage, and in 1390 a cookbook gave instructions for half a suckling pig sewn to a half capon, the whole lacquered silver and gold.
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