ferment

  1. Verb.  To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
  2. Verb.  To stir up, agitate, cause unrest.
  3. Noun.  Something, such as a yeast that causes fermentation.
  4. Noun.  A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
  5. Noun.  A catalyst.

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