Canadian English Meaning of foment

Foster

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Definitions and Meaning of foment in English

Wordnet

foment (v)

try to stir up public opinion

bathe with warm water or medicated lotions

Webster

foment (v. t.)

To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.

To cherish with heat; to foster.

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.

Webster

foment (n.)

Fomentation.

State of excitation; -- perh. confused with ferment.

FAQs About the word foment

Foster

try to stir up public opinion, bathe with warm water or medicated lotionsTo apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medic

promote,provoke,abet,beer,cultivate,encourage,Ferment,incite,instigate,pick

check,constrain,Curb,discourage,hold,inhibit,regulate,Restrain,tame,rein in

fomalhaut => Fomalhaut, folwe => follow, folsom culture => Folsom culture, folly => folly, follow-up => follow-up,