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Fermentation

//ˌfɜː(ɹ)mənˈteɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol wordnet
  3. 3
    A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment. countable, uncountable

    "[T]he Grace that is then given to us is like a piece of Leven put into a lump of dough, and Faith and Repentance do in all the periods of our life put it into fermentation and activity."

  4. 4
    a state of agitation or turbulent change or development wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English fermentacioun, from Latin fermentātiō, fermentātiōnem. By surface analysis, ferment + -ation.

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