Stumed vs Stumped - What's the difference?
stumed | stumped |
(stum)
Unfermented grape juice; must.
* Ben Jonson
* Dryden
Wine revived by new fermentation, resulting from the admixture of must.
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, passage=Drink ev'ry letter on't in stum ,
And make it brisk champaign become. to ferment
to renew (wine etc.) by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation
(Webster 1913)
Perplexed, at a loss.
(cricket, of a batsman, not comparable) To be out by being stumped by the wicket keeper.
(stump)
As verbs the difference between stumed and stumped
is that stumed is (stum) while stumped is (stump).As an adjective stumped is
perplexed, at a loss.stumed
English
Verb
(head)stum
English
Noun
- Let our wines, without mixture of stum , be all fine.
- And with thy stum ferment their fainting cause.
And make it brisk champaign become.
Verb
(en verb)- We stum our wines to renew their spirits. — Floyer.
References
Anagrams
* ----stumped
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm stumped by this question.