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Definition of Foment
1. Verb. Try to stir up public opinion.
Generic synonyms: Provoke, Stimulate
Specialized synonyms: Rumpus
Derivative terms: Agitator, Fomentation, Fomenter
2. Verb. Bathe with warm water or medicated lotions. "His legs should be fomented"
Definition of Foment
1. v. t. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
2. n. Fomentation.
Definition of Foment
1. to promote the development of [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Foment
1. 1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid. 2. To cherish with heat; to foster. "Which these soft fires . . . Foment and warm." (Milton) 3. To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; used often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors. " But quench the choler you foment in vain." (Dryden) " Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion." (Southey) Origin: F. Fomenter, fr. L. Fomentare, fr. Fomentum (for fovimentum) a warm application or lotion, fr. Fovere to warm or keep warm; perh. Akin to Gr. To roast, and E. Bake. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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