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fo·ment (fō ment′)

transitive verb

  1. to treat with warm water, medicated lotions, etc.
  2. to stir up (trouble); instigate; incite to foment a riot

Etymology: ME fomenten < OFr fomenter < LL fomentare < L fomentum, poultice < fovere, to keep warm < IE *dhogwh- < base *dhegwh-, to burn > Sans dáhati, (it) burns, MIr daig, fire

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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