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-Ment
Webster's Dictionary
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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for '-Ment'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/-/-ment.html. 1828.