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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ferment \Fer*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fermented}; p. pr & vb n. {Fermenting}.] [L. fermentare fermentatum: cf F. fermenter. See {Ferment}, n.] To cause ferment of fermentation in to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in to heat. Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood. --Pope. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fermenting n : a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol [syn: {zymosis}, {zymolysis}, {fermentation}, {ferment}]
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