Both Uses of
ferment
in
Babbitt
- Thing to do is to ferment cider!†
Chpt 8 *
- "Reverend Drew is a scholar and a pulpit orator and all that, but he hasn't got the Inner Ferment, as Mrs. Mudge calls it; he hasn't any inspiration for the New Era.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(ferment as in: ferment grapes) chemically change by a living agent -- such as when yeast or bacteria changes sugar to alcohol when making wine