About The Word Leaven
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What's The Definition Of Leaven?
[n] an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"
[n] a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid [v] cause to puff up with a leaven; of dough; "unleavened bread" Synonyms | Synonyms for Leaven: leavening | leavening | prove | raise Related Terms | Find terms related to Leaven: abate | adjust to | agent | alter | alterant | alterative | alterer | assuage | bespread | besprinkle | box in | breathe | brew | catalyst | catalytic agent | circumscribe | color | condition | crawl with | creep with | decoct | diffuse | diminish | dredge | dye | entincture | extend throughout | ferment | fermentation | fill | flavor | hedge | hedge about | honeycomb | imbrue | imbue | impregnate | infiltrate | infuse | innovationist | innovator | instill | introducer | leave no void | leavening | limit | mitigate | moderate | modificator | modifier | modify | modulate | narrow | occupy | overrun | overspread | overswarm | palliate | penetrate | permeate | pervade | precursor | qualify | raise | reduce | regulate by | restrain | restrict | run through | saturate | season | set conditions | set limits | soften | steep | suffuse | swarm with | teem with | temper | tincture | tinge | transformer | transfuse | transmogrifier | yeast See Also | baking powder | barm | bring up | elevate | get up | imponderable | lift | matter | rise | sourdough | substance | yeast Leaven In Webster's Dictionary \Leav"en\, n. [OE. levain, levein, F. levain, L. levamen
alleviation, mitigation; but taken in the sense of, a
raising, that which raises, fr. levare to raise. See {Lever},
n.]
1. Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce,
fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of
fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of
dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders
it light; yeast; barm.
2. Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a
corrupting) change in the mass.
Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is
hypocrisy. --Luke xii. 1.
\Leav"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leavened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Leavening}.] 1. To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. --1 Cor. v. 6. 2. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate. With these and the like deceivable doctrines, he leavens also his prayer. --Milton. |
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