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Leaven

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Main Entry: leaven
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ferment

Synonyms:

lighten, pepsinate, raise
Main Entry: leaven
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: influence

Synonyms:

affect, cause, change
Main Entry: leaven
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: raise

Synonyms:

activate, catalyze, ferment, imbue, infuse
Main Entry: cause
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: agent, originator

Synonyms:

account, agency, aim, antecedent, author, basis, beginning, causation, consideration, creator, determinant, doer, element, end, explanation, foundation, genesis, ground, grounds, incitement, inducement, instigation, leaven, mainspring, maker, matter, motivation, motive, object, occasion, origin, prime mover, principle, producer, purpose, root, source, spring, stimulation

Antonyms:

consequence, development, effect, end, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, product, result
Main Entry: ferment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: substance causing chemicals to split into simpler substances

Synonyms:

bacteria, bacterium, barm, ebullition, enzyme, fermentation agent, leaven, leavening, mold, seethe, simmer, yeast
Main Entry: ferment
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: split into simpler substances; be agitated

Synonyms:

acidify, be violent, boil, brew, bubble, churn, concoct, dissolve, effervesce, evaporate, excite, fester, fizz, foam, foment, froth, heat, incite, inflame, leaven, moil, overflow, provoke, ripen, rise, rouse, seethe, simmer, sour, sparkle, stir up, work
Main Entry: flavor
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: add seasoning

Synonyms:

add zing, add zip, ginger, hot it up, imbue, impart, infuse, lace, leaven, pep up, pepper, salt, season, spice
Main Entry: imbue
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: infuse, saturate

Synonyms:

bathe, diffuse, impregnate, inculcate, infix, ingrain, inoculate, instill, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, steep, suffuse

Antonyms:

drain, take out
Main Entry: impregnate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: infuse, fill; make pregnant

Synonyms:

charge, conceive, drench, fecundate, fertilize, imbrue, implant, inoculate, inseminate, leaven, overflow, percolate, permeate, pervade, procreate, produce, reproduce, saturate, seethe, soak, sodden, souse, steep, suffuse, transfuse

Antonyms:

deplete, take out
Main Entry: infuse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: introduce; soak

Synonyms:

animate, breathe into, imbue, impart, implant, impregnate, inculcate, indoctrinate, ingrain, inoculate, inspire, instill, intersperse, invest, leaven, permeate, pervade, plant, saturate, steep, suffuse
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