Ferment

Fer`ment´

That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.

Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation.

Subdue and cool the ferment of desire.

- Rogers.

the nation is in a ferment.

- Walpole.

A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.

Down to the lowest lees the ferment ran.

- Thomson.

ferment oils
volatile oils produced by the fermentation of plants, and not originally contained in them. These were the quintessences of the alchemists. - Ure.

v. t.

To cause ferment or fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat.

[imp. & p. p. Fermented; p. pr. & vb. n. Fermenting.]

Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood.

- Pope.

v. i.

To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent particles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce.

To be agitated or excited by violent emotions.

But finding no redress, ferment and rage.

- Milton.

The intellect of the age was a fermenting intellect.

- De Quincey.

Noun	1.	ferment - a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced a new leadership"; "social unrest" Synonyms: unrest, agitation, fermentation
	2.	ferment - a substance capable of bringing about fermentation
	3.	ferment - a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol Synonyms: fermentation, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis
	4.	ferment - a chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances Synonyms: fermentation
Verb	1.	ferment - be in an agitated or excited state; "The Middle East is fermenting"; "Her mind ferments"
	2.	ferment - work up into agitation or excitement; "Islam is fermenting Africa"
	3.	ferment - cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats" Synonyms: work
	4.	ferment - go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" Synonyms: sour, turn, work

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