单词 | replume |
释义 | replumev. transitive. To plume again (in various senses); esp. to re-cover with plumes. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > put in (proper) order [verb (transitive)] > again reorder1579 replume1704 reassort1817 reset1829 re-sort1836 1704 J. Smallwood Congratulatory Poem to Duke of Marlborough 2 The Mighty Blow You gave has set Her free, Replum'd her Wings and giv'n her Scope to flee. 1721 tr. M.-C. D'Aulnoy Coll. Novels & Tales of Fairies II. 101 Overjoy'd to see himself replumed again.., he [sc. a pigeon] arriv'd by break of day at the Tower. 1855 R. Browning Saul xv The right-hand replumed His black locks to their wonted composure. 1893 L. Wallace Prince of India vi. ix. 661 The unequal struggle wore on, and with each set of sun Mahommed's hopes replumed themselves. 1912 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 322/2 That dynamic force which flows In life,..Replumes the tree, and swells the rose. 1942 Auk 59 210 Another type of control involved repluming males that had previously been observed while deplumed. 1998 A. S. Weiss Unnatural Horizons 128 These [dishes] included a huge gilded boar ornamented with the guests' coats of arms, a suckling pig, and a roast swan replumed with its own feathers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1704 |
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