stum

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transitive verb

ˈstəm

stummed; stummed; stumming; stums

archaic

: to renew (wine) by mixing with must and reviving fermentation

stum

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noun

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plural -s

: unfermented or partly fermented grape juice

especially : must in which fermentation has been artificially arrested

Word History

Etymology

Transitive verb

Dutch stommen, from stom, noun

Noun

Dutch stom (approximate translation of French muet in vin muet stum), from stom, adjective, mute, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old Frisian stumm mute, Old High German stum mute, Old English stamerian to stammer

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