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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. &unr_; 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.
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2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.]
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Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm. Milton.
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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.
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But quench the choler you foment in vain. Dryden.
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Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion. Southey.
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Fo"ment (?), n. 1. Fomentation.
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2. State of excitation; -- perh. confused with ferment.

He came in no conciliatory mood, and the foment was kept up. Julian Ralph.
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