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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DESPUMATE

From Latin dēspūmāre to skim off, from de- + spūma foam, froth.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DESPUMATE

despumate  [dɪˈspjuːmeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESPUMATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Despumate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb despumate in English.

WHAT DOES DESPUMATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of despumate in the English dictionary

The definition of despumate in the dictionary is to clarify or purify by skimming a scum from its surface. Other definition of despumate is to form a scum or froth.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DESPUMATE

PRESENT

Present
I despumate
you despumate
he/she/it despumates
we despumate
you despumate
they despumate
Present continuous
I am despumating
you are despumating
he/she/it is despumating
we are despumating
you are despumating
they are despumating
Present perfect
I have despumated
you have despumated
he/she/it has despumated
we have despumated
you have despumated
they have despumated
Present perfect continuous
I have been despumating
you have been despumating
he/she/it has been despumating
we have been despumating
you have been despumating
they have been despumating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I despumated
you despumated
he/she/it despumated
we despumated
you despumated
they despumated
Past continuous
I was despumating
you were despumating
he/she/it was despumating
we were despumating
you were despumating
they were despumating
Past perfect
I had despumated
you had despumated
he/she/it had despumated
we had despumated
you had despumated
they had despumated
Past perfect continuous
I had been despumating
you had been despumating
he/she/it had been despumating
we had been despumating
you had been despumating
they had been despumating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will despumate
you will despumate
he/she/it will despumate
we will despumate
you will despumate
they will despumate
Future continuous
I will be despumating
you will be despumating
he/she/it will be despumating
we will be despumating
you will be despumating
they will be despumating
Future perfect
I will have despumated
you will have despumated
he/she/it will have despumated
we will have despumated
you will have despumated
they will have despumated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been despumating
you will have been despumating
he/she/it will have been despumating
we will have been despumating
you will have been despumating
they will have been despumating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would despumate
you would despumate
he/she/it would despumate
we would despumate
you would despumate
they would despumate
Conditional continuous
I would be despumating
you would be despumating
he/she/it would be despumating
we would be despumating
you would be despumating
they would be despumating
Conditional perfect
I would have despumate
you would have despumate
he/she/it would have despumate
we would have despumate
you would have despumate
they would have despumate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been despumating
you would have been despumating
he/she/it would have been despumating
we would have been despumating
you would have been despumating
they would have been despumating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you despumate
we let´s despumate
you despumate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to despumate
Past participle
despumated
Present Participle
despumating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESPUMATE


animate
ˈænɪˌmeɪt
automate
ˈɔːtəˌmeɪt
checkmate
ˈtʃɛkˌmeɪt
classmate
ˈklɑːsˌmeɪt
estimate
ˈɛstɪˌmeɪt
formate
ˈfɔːmeɪt
glutamate
ˈɡluːtəˌmeɪt
housemate
ˈhaʊsˌmeɪt
imamate
ɪˈmɑːmeɪt
inhumate
ɪnˈhjuːmeɪt
inmate
ˈɪnˌmeɪt
mate
meɪt
nizamate
nɪˈzɑːmeɪt
overestimate
ˌəʊvərˈɛstɪˌmeɪt
playmate
ˈpleɪˌmeɪt
plumate
ˈpluːmeɪt
primate
ˈpraɪmeɪt
remate
riːˈmeɪt
roommate
ˈruːmˌmeɪt
underestimate
ˌʌndərˈɛstɪˌmeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESPUMATE

despoil
despoiler
despoiling
despoilment
despoliation
despond
despondence
despondency
despondent
despondently
despondingly
despot
despotat
despotic
despotical
despotically
despoticalness
despotism
despotocracy
despumation

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESPUMATE

approximate
climate
consummate
continental climate
diplomate
guesstimate
humate
illegitimate
imposthumate
impostumate
inanimate
intimate
legitimate
penultimate
proximate
seatmate
soul mate
stalemate
team-mate
ultimate

Synonyms and antonyms of despumate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «despumate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DESPUMATE

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The translations of despumate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «despumate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

despumate
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

despumate
570 millions of speakers

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despumate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

despumate
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

despumate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

despumate
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

despumate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

despumate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

despumate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekecewaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

despumate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

despumate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

despumate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Despumate
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

despumate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

despumate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्षीण करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

despumate
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

despumate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

despumate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

despumate
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

despumate
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

despumate
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

despumate
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

despumate
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

despumate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of despumate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPUMATE»

The term «despumate» is used very little and occupies the 158.380 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPUMATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about despumate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESPUMATE»

Discover the use of despumate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to despumate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Guide to Modern Cookery
Rub through tammy, test the consistence, and add, if necessary, either a little boiled milk or some consommé; despumate, and add butter. Garnish with two tablespoonfuls of Japanese pearls poached in consommé or milk. This soup may also ...
Auguste Escoffier, 2013
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Cookery for the Hospitality Industry
6 Allow the sauce to despumate and skim the scum as it rises. 7 Strain the sauce through a fine strainer. If the sauce becomes too thick, add more stock to make up for evaporation. NOTES The time taken for the sauce to despumate will ...
Graham Dodgshun, Michel Peters, David O'Dea, 2011
3
Haute Cuisine: How the French Invented the Culinary Profession
with a whip; boil and despumate the soup for twenty minutes, then season. \\"hen ready to serve, drain the turtle, lay it in a soup tureen, and pour over the stock, seasoning with cayenne pepper and a half a gill of Xeres for each quart. For Clear ...
Amy B. Trubek, 2000
4
Literary Eats: Emily Dickinson's Gingerbread, Ernest ...
414), reduce it with some veal blond (No. 423), and dilute with half its quantity of aspic jelly (No. 103). Boil up the sauce and remove it at once to the side of the fire , in order to despumate it for ten minutes, skimming it well in the meantime; then ...
Gary Scharnhorst, 2014
5
Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
That discharge is a benefit to the constitution, and will help it the sooner and faster to despumate and purify, and so to get into perfect good health. Cheyne, EngL Malady, 1733, p. 304. To Dispi/mate.* v. a. To throw off. They were thrown off and ...
Samuel Johnson, 1827
6
A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
[from despumate.] The act of throwing off excrementi- tious parts in scum or foam. Desciuama'tion. b. s. [from squama, Lat.] The act of scaling foul bones. A term of chirurgery. Desse'rt. n. s. [desscrte, French.] The last course at an entertainment ...
Samuel Johnson, 1805
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The Epicurean: A Complete Treatise of Analytical and ...
414), reduce it with some veal blond (No. 423), and dilute with half its quantity of aspic jelly (No. 103). Boil up the sauce and remove it at once to the side of the fire , in order to despumate it for ten minutes, skimming it well in the meantime; then ...
Charles Ranhofer, 1920
8
Ill Met in the Arena
He raises eyebrows. "Thanks forthe warning. Should yoube tellingmethat, though ?"He offers a hand. "Despumate of Hurter." "Just Green today,I'mafraid. Myreal namehere would provoke a funeral—mine. But at least you've nailed down aring.
Dave Duncan, 2014
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The History of Jamaica. Or, General Survey of the Antient ...
But the French planters have applied it to a much better use : they mix a quantity of it in their coppers* to despumate and granulate their sugars, when the juices are so viscid, that the alkaline salts of the lime will not procure this effect.
Edward Long, 1774
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A treatise of diseases in general: wherein the true causes, ...
... the ordinary Time that Nature takes (when the Work is intirely left to herself) to despumate and clarify the Blood in all Fevers, as well intermittent as continual. But I fansy the Observations and Experience of every Physician will prove this ...
Charles Perry, T. Woodward ((Londres)), C. Davis ((Londres)), 1741

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