Ferment Definition
fûrmĕnt
fermented, fermenting, ferments
noun
ferments
A substance or organism causing fermentation, as yeast, bacteria, enzymes, etc.
Webster's New World
Fermentation.
American Heritage Medicine
Webster's New World
A state of excitement or agitation.
Webster's New World
An agent that precipitates or is capable of precipitating such a state; a catalyst.
American Heritage
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verb
fermented, fermenting, ferments
To be in the process of fermentation.
Webster's New World
To cause fermentation in.
Webster's New World
To excite; agitate.
Webster's New World
To be excited or agitated; seethe.
Webster's New World
To undergo fermentation.
American Heritage
Origin of Ferment
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From Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentare (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), from fervere (“to boil, seethe”). See also fervent.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French from Latin fermentum bhreu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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