Definitions
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- transitive verb obsolete To free from spume or scum.
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- verb obsolete, transitive To free from
spume orscum .
Etymologies
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de- + spume. Compare French despumer. See despumate.
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bestiary commented on the word despume
to free from spume or scum, to clarify.
July 24, 2008