Ferment

fėr′ment, n. what excites fermentation, as yeast, leaven: internal motion amongst the parts of a fluid: agitation: tumult.— v.t. Ferment′ , to excite fermentation: to inflame.— v.i. to rise and swell by the action of fermentation: to work, used of wine, .: to be in excited action: to be stirred with anger.— n. Fermentabil′ity .— adj. Ferment′able , capable of fermentation.— n. Fermentā′tion , the act or proce of fermenting: the change which takes place in liquids exposed to air: the kind of spontaneous decomposition which produces alcohol: restle action of the mind or feelings.— adj. Ferment′ative , causing or consisting in fermentation.— n. Ferment′ativene .— adj. Fermentes′cible , capable of being fermented. [Fr.,—L. fermentum , for fervimentum — fervēre , to boil.]