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fledged

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fledge /flɛdʒ/

▶verb (with reference to a young bird) develop or allow to develop wing feathers that are large enough for flight.

– derivatives
fledged adjective.

– origin C16: from the obs. adj. fledge ‘ready to fly’, from OE, of Gmc origin; rel. to fly1.

'fledged' also found in these Oxford entries:

fledge - fledgling - full-fledged - fully fledged - unfledged

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