Referment

//ɹiːfə(ɹ)ˈmɛnt// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Verb
  1. 1
    To ferment again.

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

Example

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From re- + ferment.

Etymology 2

From refer + -ment.

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