Ferment(n.) That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.
Ferment(n.) Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation.
Ferment(n.) A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
Ferment(n.) To cause ferment of fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat.
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.
Ferment(v. i.) To be agitated or excited by violent emotions.
Fermentability(n.) Capability of fermentation.
Fermentable(a.) Capable of fermentation; as, cider and other vegetable liquors are fermentable.
Fermental(a.) Fermentative.
Fermentation(n.) The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance into new compounds by the action of a ferment, either formed or unorganized. It differs in kind according to the nature of the ferment which causes it.
Fermentation(n.) A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings.
Fermentative(a.) Causing, or having power to cause, fermentation; produced by fermentation; fermenting; as, a fermentative process.
Fermented(imp. & p. p.) of Ferment
Fermenting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ferment
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