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leavenest

leavenest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of leaven.

Meaning of leaven

Verb

leaven (third-person singular simple present leavens, present participle leavening, simple past and past participle leavened)

  1. (transitive) To add a leavening agent.
    • Yeast is used to leaven bread, making it rise during baking.
  2. (transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To temper an action, decision, attitude, characteristic, etc.
    • Duke. No more euasion:
      We haue with a leauen'd, and prepared choice
      Proceeded to you; therefore take your honors:[...]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
    • The comedian's jokes helped leaven the atmosphere during the serious meeting.
  5. To rise or become larger; to prove.

See all 8 meanings of leaven

Origin of leavenest

leaven + -est

Questions about leavenest

What is leavenest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Leavenest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of leaven.

Words near leavenest in the dictionary

  1. leavelookers
  2. leaven
  3. leavened
  4. leavener
  5. leaveners
  6. leavenest
  7. leaveneth
  8. leavening
  9. leavening agent
  10. leavening agents
  11. leavenings

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