What is "leavens"

Usage examples of "leavens".

Pearl, treasure, egg, the yeast that leavens the mass all through - code words for what happened to your two friends.

In each case something small - a treasure, a mustard seed which is the smallest seed of all, the sower sowing seeds in rich soil, a grain of wheat - something is placed in the ground, which is a secret symbol of the early Christians for the human head, the brain, the mind, and it grows there until it hatches, or sprouts, or is dug up, or it leavens the whole mass, and then it brings eternal life - the kingdom which no one can see.

They help to break the edge of the general reign of hardness, and are slow leavens of a better order.

It leavens the"she looked at him"stolid stupidity of the ordinary Englishman.

It leavens the"--she looked at him--"stolid stupidity of the ordinary Englishman.