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fer•ment

Pronunciation: (
—n. fûr'ment;
—v.fur-ment'), [key]
—n.
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.

—v.t.
1. to act upon as a ferment.
2. to cause to undergo fermentation.
3. to inflame; foment: to ferment prejudiced crowds to riot.
4. to cause agitation or excitement in: Reading fermented his active imagination.

—v.i.
1. to be fermented; undergo fermentation.
2. to seethe with agitation or excitement.

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