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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

replume en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + plume.

Meanings

  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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
repluming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
replumed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
replumed Tense=Past lexicographic
replumes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic