referment

English

Etymology 1

From re- +‎ ferment.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹiːfə(ɹ)ˈmɛnt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Verb

referment (third-person singular simple present referments, present participle refermenting, simple past and past participle refermented)

  1. To ferment again.
    • 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 42:
      In the Low Countries, I’d developed a taste for refermented fruit beers.

Etymology 2

From refer +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfɜː(ɹ)mənt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mənt

Noun

referment

  1. The act of referring; reference.
    • a. 1645, William Laud, autobiography
      There was a Referment made from his Majesty to my Lord's Grace of Canterbury, My Lords of Durham and Rochester , and my self , to Hear and Order a Matter of Difference in the Church of Hereford.

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French

Verb

referment

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of refermer

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