despumate verb. [dɪ'spju:meɪt, 'dɛspjʊ-] M17.
[Latin despumat- pa. ppl stem of despumare skim (off), from de- DE- 1 + spuma foam, froth, scum: see -ATE³. Cf. DESPUME.]
1. verb trans. Skim; clarify (a liquid) by removing the scum from its surface. M17.

2. verb intrans. Of a liquid: become clarified by casting off the scum. M18.

■ despu'mation noun (a) the removal of froth or scum from a liquid; the condition of being freed from scum; (b) arch. the expulsion of impure matter from the fluids of the body; the despumated matter: E17.

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