Leaven synonyms

lĕv'ən

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yeast
An agent of ferment or activity:
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raise
To breed and care for to maturity:
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pepsinate
To treat, mix, or infuse with pepsin
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lighten
(Archaic) To give knowledge to; enlighten
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change
To transfer from (one conveyance) to another:
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cause
To be the cause of; bring about; make happen; effect, induce, produce, compel, etc.
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affect
The definition of affect means to produce a change in something.
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ferment (related)
To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
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influence (related)
To affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
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activator
To ferment
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catalyst
A substance that starts or speeds up a chemical reaction while undergoing no permanent change itself. The enzymes in saliva, for example, are catalysts in digestion.
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enzyme
Any of numerous proteins produced in living cells that accelerate or catalyze the metabolic processes of an organism. Enzymes are usually very selective in the molecules that they act upon, called substrates , often reacting with only a single substrate. The substrate binds to the enzyme at a location called the active site just before the reaction catalyzed by the enzyme takes place. Enzymes can speed up chemical reactions by up to a millionfold, but only function within a narrow temperature and pH range, outside of which they can lose their structure and become denatured. Enzymes are involved in such processes as the breaking down of the large protein, starch, and fat molecules in food into smaller molecules during digestion, the joining together of nucleotides into strands of DNA, and the addition of a phosphate group to ADP to form ATP. The names of enzymes usually end in the suffix –ase.
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imbue
: To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
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infuse
To put (a quality, idea, etc.) into, as if by pouring; instill; impart
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leavening
A causing to be leavened
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prove
To prove is to demonstrate or establish that something is true or to show certain abilities.
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worldliness (related)
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choler (related)
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mixt (related)
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  • No leaven shall be eaten with it for seven days, and bread of affliction shall be eaten because they came forth from Egypt in haste.

  • On the other hand, the absence of leaven may recall primitive practice before its introduction as a domestic luxury; sacral rites generally keep alive primitive custom.

  • It began to bear fruit in Christian mysticism, and to diffuse a new magical leaven through the worship of the church.

  • The "Holy Leaven" is reputed to be a part of the original bread of the first Eucharist, brought by Addai and Mari' and maintained ever since in the Church; it is used in the confection of the Eucharistic wafers, which are rather thicker than those used in the Western Church.

  • Its realization was delayed by the wars that devastated the country down to the overthrow of Maximilian, but the leaven was at work, and with the return of peace a marked increase in the number of primary and secondary schools was noted.

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