LEAVENED

leavened

(adjective) made light by aerating, as with yeast or baking powder; often used as a combining form; “leavened bread”; “well-leavened”; “yeast-leavened breads”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

leavened

simple past tense and past participle of leaven

Adjective

leavened

Prepared using leavening

Antonyms

• unleavened

Source: Wiktionary


LEAVEN

Leav"en, n. Etym: [OE. levain, levein, F. levain, L. levamen alleviation, mitigation; but taken in the sense of, a raising, that which raises, fr. levare to raise. See Lever, n.]

1. Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.

2. Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Luke xii. 1.

Leav"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leavened; p. pr. & vb. n. Leavening.]

1. To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 1 Cor. v. 6.

2. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate. With these and the like deceivable doctrines, he leavens also his prayer. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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