despumate

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Letters: 9

Definition of despumate

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(transitive)To skim the froth or other impurities from a liquid, to clarify, purify.

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verb

(transitive)To skim the froth or other impurities from a liquid, to clarify, purify.
(intransitive)To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam.
(transitive)To throw off as foam, froth.

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Etymology

First attested in 1651; borrowed from Latin dēspūmātus, perfect passive participle of dēspūmō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + spūmō (“to foam, froth”), spūma (“foam, froth, scum”) + -ō. Doublet of despume.

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