Толковый словарь английского языка - leaven
Leaven
leaven
I. noun see: lever Date: 14th century 1. a substance (as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid, a material (as baking powder) used to produce a gas that lightens dough or batter, something that modifies or lightens, II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 15th century to raise (as bread) with a ~, to mingle or permeate with some modifying, alleviating, or vivifying element, see: infuse
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n. & v. --n. 1 a substance added to dough to make it ferment and rise, esp. yeast, or fermenting dough reserved for the purpose. 2 a a pervasive transforming influence (cf. Matt. 13:33). b (foll. by of) a tinge or admixture of a specified quality. --v.tr. 1 ferment (dough) with leaven. 2 a permeate and transform. b (foll. by with) modify with a tempering element. Phrases and idioms the old leaven traces of the unregenerate state (cf. 1 Cor. 5:6-8). Etymology: ME f. OF levain f. Gallo-Roman spec. use of L levamen relief f. levare lift ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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