ppl. a. [f. LEAVEN v. + -ED1.] In senses of the vb.

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c. 1400.  Maundev. (Roxb.), iii. 10. Þe Grekes also makes þe sacrement of þe autere of leuaynd breed.

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1531.  Tindale, Exp. 1 John (1537), 76. A leuended maunchet of theyr pharisaycall gloses.

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1573.  Baret, Alv., L 245. Leauened bread, panis fermentatus.

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1586.  J. Hooker, Hist. Irel., II. 161/2. Their old leauened and wicked vsage.

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1603.  Shaks., Meas. for M., I. i. 52. We haue with a leauen’d and prepared choice Proceeded to you.

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1611.  Bible, Exod. xiii. 3. There shall no leauened bread be eaten.

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1815.  Elphinstone, Acc. Caubul (1842), II. 191. The Uzbeks breakfast on tea and leavened bread.

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