† confermenˈtation Obs.
[n. of action f. L. confermentāre: see conferment v. and -ation.]
Fermentation together; combination in a process of fermentation.
| 1650 Charleton Paradoxes Prol. 21 The third Quality resulting from their Commixture of Confermentation. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. i. 29 The mutual confermentation of all the Simples increases their virtue. |