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Foment is defined as to cause trouble, or to treat the skin with warm water or lotions.

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When you incite a riot by getting everyone made at the government, this is an example of when you foment.
When you soak your hands in warm water and put lotion on them, this is an example of foment.

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See foment in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

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

Origin: 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

See foment in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb fo·ment·ed, fo·ment·ing, fo·ments

To promote the growth of; incite.
To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English fomenten, to apply warm liquids to the skin

Origin: , from Old French fomenter

Origin: , from Late Latin fōmentāre

Origin: , from Latin fōmentum, poultice

Origin: , from fovēre, to warm; see dheg^wh- in Indo-European roots

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fo·mentˈer noun

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