despumate

English

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.

Verb

despumate (third-person singular simple present despumates, present participle despumating, simple past and past participle despumated)

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

Related terms

• despumation

References

• “despumate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• steamed up

Latin

Verb

dēspūmāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēspūmō