Subdue and cool the ferment of desire.
Rogers.
the nation is in a ferment.
Walpole.
3. A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid;
fermentation. [R.]
Down to the lowest lees the ferment ran.
Thomson.
ferment oils, volatile oils produced by the fermentation of plants, and
not originally contained in them. These were the quintessences of the
alchenists. Ure.
Fer*ment" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fermented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fermenting.] [L. fermentare, fermentatum: cf. F. fermenter. See
Ferment, n.] To cause ferment of fermentation in; to set in motion; to
excite internal emotion in; to heat.
Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood.
Pope.
Fer*ment", v. i. 1. To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be
excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent particles of
an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce.