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Definition leaven

Etymology

From Middle English levain, borrowed from Old French, from Late Latin lev?men, instead of lev?mentum, ultimately from Latin lev? (“I raise”).

Noun

leaven (countable and uncountable, plural leavens)

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

Verb

leaven (third-person singular simple present leavens, present participle leavening, simple past and past participle leavened)

  1. (transitive) To add a leavening agent.
  2. (transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To temper an action or decision.
  4. (transitive, figuratively) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
  5. To rise or become larger. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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LANE 6
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ANE 4
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LEA 4
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