To cover, adorn, or furnish with plumes or feathers; to dress with feathered ornamentation.
From em- (in, into) + plume (feather). The word combines a Latin prefix with Romance language roots for feather, emerging in English during the ornamental fashion periods.
Emplume captures the Victorian and Edwardian obsession with feathered hats that literally required slaughtering millions of birds—some species went nearly extinct just to 'emplume' wealthy women's wardrobes with egret plumes and ostrich feathers.
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