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emplume

emplume verb: to furnish with a plume.

Verb

emplume (third-person singular simple present emplumes, present participle empluming, simple past and past participle emplumed)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with a plume.

Forms of emplume

third-person singular presentemplumes
present participleempluming
past participleemplumed
pastemplumed

Origin of emplume

From em- + plume.

Questions about emplume

What does emplume mean?
Emplume means to furnish with a plume.
What part of speech is emplume?
Emplume is a verb.
What is the past tense of emplume?
The past tense of emplume is emplumed.

Words near emplume in the dictionary

  1. employs a steam engine to crack a nut
  2. employé
  3. employée
  4. employées
  5. employés
  6. emplume
  7. emplumed
  8. emplumes
  9. empluming
  10. emplunge
  11. emplunged

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