befeather,v.|bɪˈfɛðə(r)| [f. be- 6 + feather n.] trans. To deck with feathers. Hence befeatheredppl. a. 1611Cotgr., Emplumer..befeather..to dresse with feathers.1635Quarles Emblems iii. i. 33 (D.) Her dove-befeathered prison.c1850tr.V. Hugo's Hunchback i i. 1 Some bedizened and befeathered embassy.