Fer*ment"a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. fermentatif.]

Causing, or having power to cause, fermentation; produced by fermentation; fermenting; as, a fermentative process.

-- Fer*ment"a*tive*ly, adv. -- Fer*ment"a*tive*ness, n.

 

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