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 De·plume v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deplumed p. pr. & vb. n. Depluming.]
 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.
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