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leaven

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɛv.ən/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aeelnvStarts with LEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. cause to puff up with a leaven

Word origin

From Middle English levayn, borrowed from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, a noun based on Latin levō (“raise”).

Used in a sentence

  • Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
  • On the far side was reflected a single red and meteoric cloud, which had treasured one last crimson ray from the sunset, or perhaps nursed within it the fiery leaven.
  • The leaven of insincerity worked through all the fibres of his being.

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