▪ I. deˈspumate, ppl. a.
[ad. L. dēspūmāt-us pa. pple. of dēspūmāre: see next.]
| 1883 Syd. Soc. Lex., Despumate, freed from froth and impurities; clarified; purified. |
▪ II. despumate, v.
(dɪˈspjuːmeɪt, ˈdɛspjuːmeɪt)
[f. L. dēspūmāt-, ppl. stem of dēspūmāre to skim, f. de- I. 2 + spūma foam, froth, scum, spūmāre to froth.]
1. trans. To skim; to free (a liquid) of the scum, froth, or other impure part; to clarify by removing the scum.
| 1641 French Distill. iv. (1651) 95 Take of Honey well despumated as much as you please. 1718 Quincy Compl. Disp. 34 The Honey is order'd to be clarify'd or despumated. 1756 P. Browne Jamaica 112 Used among the French to despumate and granulate their sugars. 1757 Walker in Phil. Trans. L. 128 When it was despumated, a new cremor always succeeded. |
2. intr. (for refl.) To throw off its froth or scum; to become clarified by this process.
| 1733 Cheyne Eng. Malady 304 (L.) That discharge..will help it the sooner and faster to despumate and purify. 1883 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |
3. trans. To throw off as froth.
| 1733 Cheyne Eng. Malady 360 (L.) They were thrown off and despumated upon the larger emunctory and open glands. |
Hence despumated ppl. a.
| 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 83 The sanies of it rosted, with despumated Honey, helps the Glaucoma. 1883 Syd. Soc. Lex., Despumated honey. |