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to displume

to displume

9.9
To take away someone's honors or titles
  • verb
  • Archaic
: despojar
  • The scandal threatened to displume him of his reputation and dignity.

Examples

  • They sought to displume their rivals by exposing their secrets.

  • After the defeat, the general was displumed of his command and titles.

  • The scandal will displume his reputation.

  • He was displumed of his titles after the incident.

  • The scandal threatened to displume him of his reputation and dignity.

  • After the defeat, the general was displumed of his command and titles.

  • He was displumed of his titles after the incident.

Synonyms

to strip
vsto displume
  • Formal
99 5.1

Take away someone's possessions, rights, or honours

is more figurative and focuses on removing honours or attributes not physical loss
to dispossess
vsto displume
4 8.4

To take away someone's land or home so they no longer own it

is narrower focusing on property rather than honours or attributes
to despoil
vsto displume
2 9.3

Steal valuable things and damage a place or person, often by force

is less about honours and more about physical theft and harm
to reft
vsto displume
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To steal something from someone often by force

is similar but feels old fashioned and often implies force
to deplume
vsto displume
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To take away titles and honors from a person or group

has identical meaning and the same figurative focus
to disentitle
vsto displume
  • Formal
1 8.1

To take away someone's right or claim to something

is broader covering honours and attributes beyond formal rights

Antonyms

to bestow
  • Formal
74 5.6

Give something to someone as an honor or gift

to endow
  • Formal
25 4.9

To give someone a particular quality or ability

How Stripped

to revoke
  • Formal
98 6.2
to displume
  • Archaic
9.9
to strip
  • Formal
99 5.1
to take away
∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

displume infinitive
displumed past
displumed past participle
displuming present participle
displumes third person singular

Morphology

displume = plume (semi-transparent) = dis + plume

The formation is the same (dis- + plume) but the sense is a figurative extension (stripping honors/attributes), which is less directly derivable for learners.

Etymology

Displume comes from dis- 'remove' and plume 'feather', so you can picture pulling the 'feathers' off a proud bird; that's why it can mean taking away someone's honors, titles, or reputation.