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English to English noun
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a state of agitation or turbulent change or development |  | Example: the political ferment produced new leadership
social unrest
source: wordnet30
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a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | | source: wordnet30
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The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance into new compounds by the action of a ferment, either formed or unorganized. It differs in kind according to the nature of the ferment which causes it. | | source: webster1913
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