(n.) That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.
(n.) Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation.
(n.) A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
(n.) To cause ferment of fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat.
(v. i.) To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent oarticles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce.
(v. i.) To be agitated or excited by violent emotions.
(a.) Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct.
(a.) Well informed; certain; sure.
(a.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower.
(a.) To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to its nature and kind.
(n.) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; -- opposed to convert. See the Synonym of Convert.
(v. i.) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
(v. t.) To turnanother way; to divert.
(v. t.) To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to pervert one's words.
(n.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.
(n.) Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
(n.) A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.
(n.) The constellation Serpens.
(n.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form.
(v. i.) To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.