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referment

/ɹiːfə(ɹ)ˈmɛnt//ɹɪˈfɜː(ɹ)mənt/

verb

To ferment again.

OriginEnglish ferment ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →

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Meanings

referment¹

verbreferment (third-person singular simple present referments, present participle refermenting, simple past and past participle refermented)

present singular third person referments · participle present refermenting · participle past refermented · past refermented · alternative re-ferment

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

referment²

noun

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.

Origin

referment · verb

Proto-Italic*wre-
Latinre-
Old Frenchre-
Middle Englishre-
Englishre-
Englishferment
Englishreferment

From re- + ferment.

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referment · noun

From refer + -ment.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with referment

content event present percent sent went rent saint prevent cent spent extent consent kent segment ent intent frequent absent tent accent cement brent fragment

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APA

referment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/referment

MLA

“referment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/referment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “referment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/referment.

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