referment

English

Etymology 1

From re- +‎ ferment.

Alternative forms

• re-ferment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːfə(ɹ)ˈmɛnt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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.

Related terms

• refermentation

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.

Anagrams

• fermenter

French

Verb

referment

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

Anagrams

• fermenter
• fermèrent