ment : Idioms & Phrases

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Etymology
F. -ment, L. -mentum.
Definitions
  1. 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.
Webster 1913