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Word entry · 7 letters

ferment

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"Brew or bubble"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /fəˈmɛnt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eefmnrtStarts with FEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To undergo chemical change by fermentation; also unrest or excitement.

Word origin

From Middle English ferment, from Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentāre (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), possibly from contraction of *fervimentum, from fervēre. See also fervent.

Used in a sentence

  • Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood.
  • Pleas'd have I wander'd thro' your rough domain; / Trod the pure virgin-ſnows, myſelf as pure; / Heard the winds roar, and the big torrent burſt; / Or ſeen the deep fermenting tempeſt brew'd, / In the grim evening ſky.
  • Subdue and cool the ferment of desire.

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