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Meaning of DESPUMATE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Des"pu*mate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Despumated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Despumating}.] [L. despumatus, p. p. of
despumare to despume; de- + spumare to foam, froth, spuma
froth, scum.]
To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or
scum; to foam.
 
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