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fermentive, a.|fəˈmɛntɪv|
[f. ferment n. or v. + -ive.]
Tending to produce fermentation.
1672Phil. Trans. VII. 4030 Seeds, which by the vertue of their fermentive Odours perform these transmutations upon Matter. 1674R. Godfrey Inj. & Ab. Physic 2 Were not Diseases themselves..in a manner poysonous and Fermentive. 1888Athenæum 25 Feb. 247/3 The fermentive organism is..absolutely essential to the setting up of destructive rotting.
fig.1656Artif. Handsom. 104 Which is as strong a leaven to puffe the mind, as any thing, and no lesse fermentive when naturall, than when artificiall. |