-ment

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Menge \Menge\ (m[e^]nj), v. i. [imp. {Mente}, {Meinte}; p. p.
     {Ment}, {Meint}.] [See {Mingle}.]
     To mix. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  -ment \-ment\, [F. -ment, L. -mentum.]
     A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process;
     the result of an act or process; state or condition; as,
     aliment, that which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment,
     piece broken, segment; abridgment, act of abridging,
     imprisonment, movement, adjournment; amazement, state of
     being amazed, astonishment.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ment \Ment\,
     p. p. of {Menge}.
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