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   Fer·ment

   verb

   • 1. (of a substance) undergo fermentation: "the drink had fermented, turning some of the juice into alcohol" Similar undergo fermentationbreweffervescefizzfoamfrothbubbleseetheboilrise
   • ▪ cause the fermentation of (a substance). Similar brewsubject to fermentationcause to fermentcause to effervesce
   • 2. incite or stir up (trouble or disorder): "the politicians and warlords who are fermenting this chaos" Similar causebring onbring aboutgive rise tolead toresult ingenerateengenderspawninstigatepromptprovokeinciteexcitearousestir upwhip upfomentkindletrigger offspark offtouch offliterary:begetenkindlerare:effectuate
   • ▪ (of a negative feeling or memory) fester and develop into something worse: "it had been fermenting in my subconscious for a while"

   noun

   • 1. agitation and excitement among a group of people, typically concerning major change and leading to trouble or violence: "Germany at this time was in a state of religious ferment"
   • 2. a fermenting agent or enzyme. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French ferment (noun), fermenter (verb), based on Latin fermentum ‘yeast’, from fervere ‘to boil’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fermentable adjective

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