English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for -ment
-ment
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.