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leavening |
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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