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▪ I. † deˈplane, v.1 Sc. Obs. [f. de- I. 3 + L. plān-us plain: cf. de-clare.] To make plain, show plainly, declare (to).
1572Satir. Poems Reform. xxx. 136 The day is neir; as I dar weill deplane ȝow. ▪ II. deplane, v.2|diːˈpleɪn| [f. de- II. 2 + plane n.5] a. intr. To leave an aeroplane (after arrival at one's destination). b. trans. To remove from an aeroplane. So deˈplaning vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1923Blackw. Mag. July 11/2 Dudley left me, saying..that he was to ‘deplane’ [sc. by parachute] now. 1933Aeroplane 2 Aug. 218/1 The passengers..were out of the machine, which had been towed away from the passenger-deplaning area. 1948in Amer. Speech (1952) XXVII. 72 A passenger under influence of liquor will be deplaned. 1967L. James Chameleon File (1968) iv. 57 After clearing immigration control, he..watched the crowd of deplaning passengers. |