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referment en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɹiːfə(ɹ)ˈmɛnt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English ferment English referment From re- + ferment.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
refermenting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
referments Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
refermented Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
refermented Tense=Past lexicographic
re-ferment alternative lexicographic

Relateds

refermentation

referment en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɹɪˈfɜː(ɹ)mənt/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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.