ferment
to undergo change; to stir up unrest
Root
- ferv: boiling heat or intensity
Other words with the ferv root
- effervescent: bubbly or lively
- fervent: intensely passionate or earnest
- fervid: intensely enthusiastic or heated
- fervor: intense and passionate feeling
- fever: high body temperature; intense excitement
Ferment is heat and bubbling turned into change.
The new policy fermented resentment throughout the department.