Definition of leaven

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Leaven (v. t.) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.

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Light :: Light (superl.) Well leavened; not heavy; as, light bread..
Unleavened :: Unleavened (a.) Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread..
Leavening :: Leavening (n.) The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven..
Leaven :: Leaven (v. t.) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
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..
Leavening :: Leavening (n.) That which leavens or makes light.
Leaven :: Leaven (v. t.) To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.
Tortilla :: Tortilla (n.) An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone..
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..
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..
Spongelet :: Sponge (v. i.) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven..
Leavening :: Leavening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leave.
Therf :: Therf (a.) Not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc..
Cake :: Cake (n.) A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake..
Cake :: Cake (n.) A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape..
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..
Leavened :: Leavened (imp. & p. p.) of Leave.
Azymous :: Azymous (a.) Unleavened; unfermented.
Leavenous :: Leavenous (a.) Containing leaven.
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