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fer⋅ment

  [n. fur-ment; v. fer-ment]
–noun
1. Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
2. Also called unorganized ferment. an enzyme.
3. fermentation.
4. agitation; unrest; excitement; commotion; tumult: The new painters worked in a creative ferment. The capital lived in a political ferment.
–verb (used with object)
5. to act upon as a ferment.
6. to cause to undergo fermentation.
7. to inflame; foment: to ferment prejudiced crowds to riot.
8. to cause agitation or excitement in: Reading fermented his active imagination.
–verb (used without object)
9. to be fermented; undergo fermentation.
10. to seethe with agitation or excitement.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L fermentum yeast (n.), fermentāre to cause to rise (v.); akin to barm, L fervēre to boil

Related forms:
fer⋅ment⋅a⋅ble, adjective
fer⋅ment⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
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Word Origin & History

ferment 
1398, from L. fermentare "to leaven, ferment," from fermentum "substance causing fermentation, leaven," from root of fervere "to boil, seethe" (see brew).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2fer·ment
Pronunciation: 'f&r-"ment also (")f&r-'
Function: noun
1 a : a living organism (as a yeast)that causes fermentation by virtue of its enzymes b : ENZYME
2 : FERMENTATION
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

ferment fer·ment (fûr'měnt')
n.

  1. An agent, as a yeast, a bacterium, a mold, or an enzyme, that causes fermentation.

  2. Fermentation.

v. fer·ment·ed, fer·ment·ing, fer·ments (fər-měnt')
To cause or undergo fermentation.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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