despumate (English, verb)
expansion: despumate (third-person singular simple present despumates, present participle despumating, simple past and past participle despumated)
Senses:
glosses: To skim the froth or other impurities from a liquid, to clarify, purify.
tags: transitive
glosses: To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To throw off as foam, froth.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: despumates
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: despumating
tags: participle
present
form: despumated
tags: participle
past
form: despumated
tags: past