Definition of leaven

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Leaven (v. t.) To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.

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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.
Light :: Light (superl.) Well leavened; not heavy; as, light bread..
Leavening :: Leavening (n.) The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread..
Tortilla :: Tortilla (n.) An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone..
Therf :: Therf (a.) Not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc..
Azyme :: Azyme (n.) Unleavened bread.
Matzoth :: Matzoth (n.) A cake of unleavened bread eaten by the Jews at the feast of the Passover.
Unleavened :: Unleavened (a.) Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread..
Cake :: Cake (n.) A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake..
Leavenous :: Leavenous (a.) Containing leaven.
Leaven :: Leaven (v. t.) To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.
Leaven :: Leaven (v. t.) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
Leaven :: Leaven (n.) Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.
Showbread :: Showbread (n.) Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; -- the term used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate the loaves of bread which the priest of the week placed before the Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place..
Spongelet :: Sponge (v. i.) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven..
Barm :: Barm (n.) Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast..
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..
Leavening :: Leavening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leave.
Azymous :: Azymous (a.) Unleavened; unfermented.
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