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Down to the lowest lees the ferment
ran.
Thomson.


ferment oils, volatile oils produced by the
fermentation of plants, and not originally contained in them. These
were the quintessences of the alchenists.

Ure.


Fer*ment" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p.
Fermented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fermenting.] [L. fermentare, fermentatum: cf. F.
fermenter. See Ferment, n.] To
cause ferment of fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite
internal emotion in; to heat.


Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your
blood.
Pope.


Fer*ment", v. i. 1.
To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into
sensible internal motion, as the constituent particles of an animal
or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce.


2. To be agitated or excited by violent
emotions.


But finding no redress, ferment and
rage.
Milton.


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