3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leaven \Leav"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leavened}; p. pr & vb
n. {Leavening}.]
1. To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to
ferment.
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. --1 Cor.
v. 6.
2. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
With these and the like deceivable doctrines, he
leavens also his prayer. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Leavening \Leav"en*ing\, n.
1. The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means
of leaven.
2. That which leavens or makes light. --Bacon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
leavening
n 1: an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify
something "his sermons benefited from a leavening of
humor" [syn: {leaven}]
2: a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a
liquid [syn: {leaven}]
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