leaven
noun
a substance, as yeast or baking powder, that causes fermentation and expansion of dough or batter.
will leaven
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future tenseof leaven.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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This growing archipelago of excellence will leaven academia with the diversity that matters most.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2017
Maybe their presence will leaven this country a little bit.
From Time ● Jun. 21, 2013
Phil Silvers, Cyd Charisse, Nanette Fabray and Tennessee Ernie Ford join Danny for the first of six musical-variety specials that will leaven this new dramatic-anthology series.
From Time Magazine Archive
Amongst them were certainly many of the picked men of the earth, whose spirit will leaven the whole of Australasia for all time to come.
From The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Philip E. Muskett
The necessity of bringing my mind to bear on business will leaven the surfeit of horrors I've borne this morning....
From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Louis Tracy
