mental ferment

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• fry — I. v. a. Cook in the frying pan, cook in boiling fat. II. v. n. 1. Be frying, be cooking in fat. 2. Simmer, stew, ferment (with excessive heat). III. n. 1. Fried dish. 2. Agitation, (mental …   New dictionary of synonyms

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