FERMENT'ATIVE, adjective 1. Causing or having power to cause fermentation; as fermentative heat. 2. Consisting in fermentation; as fermentative process.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
FERMENT'ATIVE, adjective 1. Causing or having power to cause fermentation; as fermentative heat. 2. Consisting in fermentation; as fermentative process.
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