Fermenting

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 or fermentation in; to set in motion; to
     excite internal emotion in; to heat.
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           Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood.
                                                    --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]