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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ferment
▶verb /fəˈmɛnt/ 
  • 1 undergo or cause to undergo fermentation.
  • 2 stir up (disorder).
▶noun /ˈfəːmɛnt/ 
  • 1 agitation and social unrest.
  • 2 dated a fermenting agent or enzyme.
– derivatives
fermentable adjective,
fermenter (US also fermentor) noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. ferment (n.), fermenter (v.), based on L. fermentum ‘yeast’, from fervere ‘to boil’.



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