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leaven
verb
(leav-en)
cause to puff up with a leaven
Synonyms:
prove
,
raise
,
Examples:
Unleavened bread.
leaven
noun
(leav-en)
an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
Synonyms:
leavening
,
Examples:
His sermons benefited from a leavening of humor.
leaven
noun
(leav-en)
a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
Synonyms:
leavening
,
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leaven
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raise
,
prove
,
yeast
,
unleavened
,
bread
,
matzo
,
rye bread
,
sally lunn
,
overleaven
,
pietist
,
homiletic
,
azyme
,
unction
,
melba toast
,
azymous
,
knowingness
,
azymic
,
wryness
,
preachment
,
clarified butter
,
matzah meal
,
kindliness
,
dullness
,
quiddity
,
pith
,
soupcon
,
didacticism
,
starchy
,
graham flour
,
cloy
,
matzo meal
,
metaphysic
,
curdle
,
misanthropy
,
crustiness
,
delightfulness
,
pretension
,
metanoia
,
carnality
,
wholewheat
,
gnosticism
,
orange rind
,
beatitude
,
lovingkindness
,
confessionalism
,
ecumenicalism
,
calvinistic
,
spoonful
,
bewitchment
,
clericalism
,
transfiguring
,
discernment
,
effulgence
,
catharses
,
exegetical
,
butter
,
absurdism
,
patristic
,
gristle
,
demerara sugar
,
sermonic
,
fulness
,
exclusivism
,
schmaltz
,
heartiness
,
spongecake
,
quietism
,
ladleful
,
indifferentism
,
condescension
,
stewpot
,
inconsequentiality
,
concupiscence
,
superciliousness
,
subversiveness
,
mixture
,
idolatries
,
lightheartedness
,
elide
,
sentimentalism
,
lectionary
,
responsorial
,
crudities
,
catholicity
,
facetiousness
,
fruitcake
,
gnostic
,
farfel
,
eastertide
,
carob powder
,
sublimate
,
theologizing
,
piecrust
,
purgative
,
nabokovian
,
irreverence
,
unbelief
,
catechizing
,
dollop
,
treacle
,
leaven
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