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replume

replume verb: to plume again or differently.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To plume again or differently.
    • 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.2015 October 27, “Betty Crocker’s Absurd, Gorgeous Atomic-Age Creations”, in New York Times

Forms of replume

third-person singular presentreplumes
present participlerepluming
past participlereplumed
pastreplumed

Origin of replume

From re- + plume.

Questions about replume

What does replume mean?
Replume means to plume again or differently.
What part of speech is replume?
Replume is a verb.
What is the past tense of replume?
The past tense of replume is replumed.

Words near replume in the dictionary

  1. replum
  2. replumb
  3. replumbed
  4. replumbing
  5. replumbs
  6. replume
  7. replumed
  8. replumes
  9. repluming
  10. replums
  11. replunder

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