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Leaven

//ˈlɛv.ən// noun, verb

Noun

1
Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods. countable, uncountable
2
an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something wordnet
3
Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod."
4
a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid wordnet
5
Chametz. countable, uncountable
"On the fourteenth day of Nisan men search for leaven by candlelight."

Verb

1
To add a leavening agent. transitive
"Yeast is used to leaven bread, making it rise during baking."
2
cause to puff up with a leaven wordnet
3
To cause to rise by fermentation. transitive
4
To temper an action, decision, attitude, characteristic, etc. figuratively, transitive
"Duke. No more euasion: We haue with a leauen'd, and prepared choice Proceeded to you; therefore take your honors:[...]"
5
To imbue; to infect; to vitiate. figuratively, transitive
"The comedian's jokes helped leaven the atmosphere during the serious meeting."

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Etymology 1

From Middle English levayn, borrowed from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, a noun based on Latin levō (“raise”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English levayn, borrowed from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, a noun based on Latin levō (“raise”).

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