ferment.
To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
Meaning & usage
To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ferment, from Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentāre (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), possibly from contraction of *fervimentum, from fervēre. See also fervent.
Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
A catalyst.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ferment, from Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentāre (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), possibly from contraction of *fervimentum, from fervēre. See also fervent.
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