confermentn.
/kənˈfəːmənt/ The action of conferring or bestowing; †concrete something conferred (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > that which is conferred
conferment1658
the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > conferring
attribution1467
conferring1561
collation1579
bestowing1608
instating1647
bestowment1754
conference1869
bestowal1870
conferment1877
1658 H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 200 A competent conferment upon your younger brother.
1877 Daily News 30 Nov. 3/5 Oxford, Conferment of Degrees.
1885 Manch. Evening News 15 May 2/2 The Lancet..advocates the conferment of medical peerages.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
† confermentv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To ferment together, mix in fermentation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)]
mingeOE
blandOE
mongle?c1225
meddlec1350
sprengea1382
compoundc1384
intermeddlec1384
temperc1386
mell1387
found?c1390
joinc1400
intermell1413
commix?a1425
medley?a1425
mix?a1425
amenge?c1450
immix?a1475
immixt?a1475
minglea1475
tremp1480
commixt1481
incarry1486
mixtionc1500
mixta1513
demelle1516
confect1540
intermixt1551
intermingle1555
bemix1559
intermix1562
contemper1567
blenge1570
bemingle1574
contemperate1590
masha1591
commeddle1604
immingle1606
blenda1616
intemper1627
commingle1648
conferment1651
subigate1657
to mix up1672
mould1701
meine1736
caudle1795
combine1799
interblenda1849
inmix1892
meld1936
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 162 The life is confermented to the bloud of the veins.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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