replume

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verb

To plume again or differently.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person replumes · participle present repluming · participle past replumed · past replumed

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From re- + plume.

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APA

replume. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/replume

MLA

“replume.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/replume. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “replume,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/replume.

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