Definition of ferment

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Ferment (v. i.) To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent oarticles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce..

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Synapticulae :: Synaptase (n.) A ferment resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. Cf. Amygdalin, and Emulsin..
Antizymotic :: Antizymotic (a.) Preventing fermentation or decomposition.
Flower :: Flower (v. i.) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer..
Diastasic :: Diastasic (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase; as, diastasic ferment..
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..
Fermentation :: Fermentation (n.) A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings..
Liquor :: Liquor (n.) Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc..
Benefice :: Benefice (n.) An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson..
Bragget :: Bragget (n.) A liquor made of ale and honey fermented, with spices, etc..
Re-ferment :: Re-ferment (v. t. & i.) To ferment, or cause to ferment, again..
Must :: Must (n.) The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation..
Maraschino :: Maraschino (n.) A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia..
Metheglin :: Metheglin (n.) A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead.
Beer :: Beer (n.) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc..
Pepsinogen :: Pepsinogen (n.) The antecedent of the ferment pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin.
Heat :: Heat (n.) Fermentation.
Myrosin :: Myrosin (n.) A ferment, resembling diastase, found in mustard seeds..
Brew :: Brew (v. t.) To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation..
Balmy :: Balmy (a.) Full of barm or froth; in a ferment.
Wine :: Wine (n.) The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment..
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