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leaven

n. [OE. levain, levein, F. levain, L. levamen alleviation, mitigation; but taken in the sense of, a raising, that which raises, fr. levare to raise. See Lever, n.]1. Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm. ()

2. Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass. ()

Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. (Luke xii. 1.)

v. t. 1. To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment. ()

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. (1 Cor. v. 6.)

2. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate. ()

With these and the like deceivable doctrines, he leavens also his prayer. (Milton.)