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-ment definition

-ment (mənt, mint)

  1. a result or product revetment, hutment
  2. a means, agency, or instrument escapement
  3. the act, art, or process of impressment
  4. the state, condition, fact, or degree of being ____ed enchantment

Etymology: OFr < L -mentum

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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