LEAVEN

leaven

Noun

  1. Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
  2. Anything that makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.

Verb

  1. To add a leavening agent.
  2. To cause to rise by fermentation.
  3. To temper an action or decision.
  4. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.


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