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verb (used with object)
1.
to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble; to foment discontent.
2.
to apply warm water or medicated liquid, ointments, etc., to (the surface of the body).
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English fomenten < Late Latin fōmentāre, verbal derivative of Latin fōmentum soothing application, poultice, contraction of *fōvimentum, equivalent to fōv(ēre) to keep warm + -i- -i- + -mentum -ment
1350–1400; Middle English fomenten < Late Latin fōmentāre, verbal derivative of Latin fōmentum soothing application, poultice, contraction of *fōvimentum, equivalent to fōv(ēre) to keep warm + -i- -i- + -mentum -ment
Related forms
fo·ment·er, noun
un·fo·ment·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1. incite, provoke, arouse, inflame, excite, stir up; encourage, stimulate.
1. incite, provoke, arouse, inflame, excite, stir up; encourage, stimulate.
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Foment
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Example Sentences
- Marshall also discussed the conspiracy to foment strikes among workers in munitions factories.
- There are other demagogues there now who have and continue to foment war.
- Moreover, critics say that the army has historically done little but brutalise its own citizenry and foment instability.
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Word Origin & History
foment
c.1400 (implied in fomentation), from M.Fr. fomenter, from L.L. fomentare, from L. fomentum "warm application, poultice," from fovere "to warm, cherish, encourage." Extended sense of "stimulate, instigate" (1620s) was in the French. Related: Fomented; fomenting.
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