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third-person singular simple present despumes, present participle despuming, simple past and past participle despumed
(obsolete, transitive) To free from spume or scum. quotations
The Honey must first be cocted in water, and despumed; then must the Vinegar be by little and little adjected
1657, Jean de Renou, translated by Rich Tomlinson, A Medicinal Dispensatory: Containing the Whole Body of Physick : Discovering the Natures, Properties, and Vertues of Vegetables, Minerals, & Animals