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referment

verb
/ɹiːfə(ɹ)ˈmɛnt//ɹɪˈfɜː(ɹ)mənt/

Etymology

From re- + ferment.

  1. derived from fermentō
  2. derived from ferment
  3. inherited from ferment
  4. prefixed as referment — “re + ferment”

Definitions

  1. To ferment again.

    • In the Low Countries, I’d developed a taste for refermented fruit beers.

  2. The act of referring

    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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA