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faire lever — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • leaven noun Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.

Senses

faire lever is used for these senses in English:

  • leaven (transitive) To cause to rise by fermentation.

leaven — full definition

  1. noun Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
  2. noun Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change.

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