▪ I. conferment, n.
(kənˈfɜːmənt)
[f. confer v. + -ment.]
The action of conferring or bestowing; † concr. something conferred (obs.).
| 1658 Sir 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. |
▪ II. † conferˈment, v. Obs.
[ad. L. confermentā-re, f. con- + fermentāre to ferment.]
trans. To ferment together, mix in fermentation.
| 1651 Biggs New Disp. 162 The life is confermented to the bloud of the veins. |