Fer·ment v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fermented; p. pr. & vb. n. Fermenting.] To cause ferment or fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat.
Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood. --Pope.
fermenting
n : a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to
break down into simpler substances; especially, the
anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol [syn: zymosis,
zymolysis, fermentation, ferment]