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nostattaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • elicit verb To draw out a response, reaction, or piece of information from someone, often through careful questioning.
  • ferment verb To undergo a chemical change caused by yeast or bacteria, often turning sugars into alcohol or acid.
  • leaven noun Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
  • mount noun A hill or mountain, especially used before a proper name.

Senses

nostattaa is used for these senses in English:

  • elicit To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
  • ferment To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
  • ferment To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
  • leaven (transitive) To add a leavening agent.
  • leaven (transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.
  • mount (obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.

ferment — full definition

  1. verb To undergo a chemical change caused by yeast or bacteria, often turning sugars into alcohol or acid.
  2. verb To stir up unrest, excitement, or trouble.
  3. noun A state of excitement, agitation, or unrest.

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