Definition of leaven

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Leaven (n.) Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.

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Azymite :: Azymite (n.) One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread; -- a name of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins.
Leavening :: Leavening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leave.
Cake :: Cake (n.) A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake..
Leaven :: Leaven (v. t.) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
Unleavened :: Unleavened (a.) Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread..
Leavening :: Leavening (n.) That which leavens or makes light.
Overleaven :: Overleaven (v. t.) To leaven too much; hence, to change excessively; to spoil..
Leaven :: Leaven (v. t.) To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.
Azyme :: Azyme (n.) Unleavened bread.
Raised :: Raised (a.) Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4..
Azymous :: Azymous (a.) Unleavened; unfermented.
Sponge :: Sponge (n.) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven..
Leaven :: Leaven (n.) Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm..
Tortilla :: Tortilla (n.) An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread..
Leavened :: Leavened (imp. & p. p.) of Leave.
Wafer :: Wafer (n.) A thin cake or piece of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church..
Therf :: Therf (a.) Not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc..
Leavening :: Leavening (n.) The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven..
Leaven :: Leaven (n.) Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.
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