Foment Definition

fō-mĕnt

fomented, fomenting, foments

verb

fomented, fomenting, foments

To treat with warm water, medicated lotions, etc.

Webster's New World

To stir up (trouble); instigate; incite.

To foment a riot.

Webster's New World

To treat by fomentation.

Fomented the patient's skin.

American Heritage Medicine

(medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.

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Origin of Foment

Middle English fomenten to apply warm liquids to the skin from Old French fomenter from Late Latin fōmentāre from Latin fōmentum poultice from fovēre to warm dhegwh- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French fomenter, from Late Latin fomentare, from Latin fomentum (“lotion”), from fovere (“heat, cherish”).

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