referment
English
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
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)
- 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.
Related terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfɜː(ɹ)mənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mənt
Noun
referment
- 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.
- a. 1645, William Laud, autobiography
Anagrams
French
Verb
referment
- third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of refermer