Definition of ferment

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Ferment (n.) To cause ferment of fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat.

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Stummed :: Stum (n.) Wine revived by new fermentation, reulting from the admixture of must..
Bragget :: Bragget (n.) A liquor made of ale and honey fermented, with spices, etc..
Balmy :: Balmy (a.) Full of barm or froth; in a ferment.
Referment :: Referment (n.) The act of referring; reference.
Froth :: Froth (n.) The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement..
Sauerkraut :: Sauerkraut (n.) Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, -- a German dish..
Zymogenic :: Zymogenic (a.) Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.
Digestive :: Digestive (a.) Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments..
Tryptone :: Tryptone (n.) The peptone formed by pancreatic digestion; -- so called because it is formed through the agency of the ferment trypsin.
Granulose :: Granulose (n.) The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments..
Leaven :: Leaven (v. t.) To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.
Fermented :: Fermented (imp. & p. p.) of Fermen.
Work :: Work (n.) To ferment, as a liquid..
Diastasic :: Diastasic (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase; as, diastasic ferment..
Lactic :: Lactic (a.) Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc..
Zymic :: Zymic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation; -- formerly, by confusion, used to designate lactic acid..
Annates :: Annates (n. pl.) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings..
Zymosis :: Zymosis (n.) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed..
Saccharomyces :: Saccharomyces (n.) A genus of budding fungi, the various species of which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula..
Boza :: Boza (n.) An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water..
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