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befeather, v.|bɪˈfɛðə(r)| [f. be- 6 + feather n.] trans. To deck with feathers. Hence befeathered ppl. a.
1611Cotgr., Emplumer..befeather..to dresse with feathers. 1635Quarles Emblems iii. i. 33 (D.) Her dove-befeathered prison. c1850tr. V. Hugo's Hunchback i i. 1 Some bedizened and befeathered embassy. |