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definement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈfaɪnmənt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English define Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English definement From define + -ment.

Meanings

1. The act of defining.
2. A definition or description.
   • Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorily would dizzy the arithmetic of memory. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

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