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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 displume
 (vt.)拔去羽毛,奪去虛飾

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dis·plume v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displumed p. pr. & vb. n. Displuming.]  To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.
    Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed.   --Burke.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 displume
      v 1: strip of honors, possessions, or attributes [syn: deplume]
      2: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn:
          pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate]