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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Foment \Fo"ment\, n. 1. Fomentation. 2. State of excitation; -- perh. confused with ferment. He came in no conciliatory mood, and the foment was kept up --Julian Ralph. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Foment \Fo*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fomented}; p. pr & vb n. {Fomenting}.] [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.] 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. [Obs.] 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. --Locke. But quench the choler you foment in vain. --Dryden. Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion. --Southey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: foment v : try to stir up public opinion [syn: {agitate}, {stir up}]
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