plume
noun
a feather.
has plumed
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present perfectof plume (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Similarly, when he has been praised, the lad has plumed himself unduly on the thing that found approval.
From The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Harry Perry Robinson
Commerce has plumed her wings anew, and added other regions to her domain.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various
She has plumed her wings for no sustained flight.
From The Bon Gaultier Ballads by Richard Doyle
