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Webster 1913 Edition
Ferment
Fer′ment
,Noun.
1.
That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.
2.
Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation.
Subdue and cool the
ferment
of desire. Rogers.
the nation is in a
ferment
. Walpole.
3.
A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
[R.]
Down to the lowest lees the
ferment
ran. Thomson.
ferment oils
, volatile oils produced by the fermentation of plants, and not originally contained in them. These were the quintessences of the alchemists.
Ure.
Fer-ment′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fermented
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fermenting
.] To cause ferment or fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat.
Ye vigorous swains! while youth
ferments
your blood. Pope.
Fer-ment′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent particles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce.
2.
To be agitated or excited by violent emotions.
But finding no redress,
ferment
and rage. Milton.
The intellect of the age was a
fermenting
intellect. De Quincey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ferment
FER'MENT
,Noun.
1.
A gentle boiling; or the internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid.[In this sense it is rarely used. See Fermentation.]
2.
Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation; as, to put the passions in a ferment; the state of people are in a ferment.Subdue and cool the ferment of desire.
3.
That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.