Ferment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ferment	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ferment n a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest" Synonym(s): agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest a substance capable of bringing about fermentation a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol Synonym(s): zymosis, zymolysis, fermentation, fermenting, ferment v be in an agitated or excited state; "The Middle East is fermenting"; "Her mind ferments" work up into agitation or excitement; "Islam is fermenting Africa" cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats" Synonym(s): ferment, work go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" Synonym(s): sour, turn, ferment, work
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferment \Ferment"\, 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2), perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil, ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st {Barm}, {Fervent}.] 1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer. Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a}) Formed or organized ferments. ({b}) Unorganized or structureless ferments. The latter are also called {soluble [or] chemical ferments}, and {enzymes}. Ferments of the first class are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms, and the fermentations which they engender are due to their growth and development; as, the {acetic ferment}, the {butyric ferment}, etc. See {Fermentation}. Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease of malt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferment \Ferment"\, v. i. 1. To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent oarticles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce. 2. To be agitated or excited by violent emotions. But finding no redress, ferment* an rage. --Milton. The intellect of the age was a fermenting intellect. --De Quincey.