Definitions for foment
foʊˈmɛntfo·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. agitate, foment, stir upverb

   try to stir up public opinion

2. fomentverb

   bathe with warm water or medicated lotions

   "His legs should be fomented"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. fomentverb

   To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.

   He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, it's bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse.

2. fomentverb

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

3. Etymology: From fomenter, from fomentare, from fomentum, from fovere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To FOMENTverb

   Etymology: fomentor, Latin; fomenter, French.

   1. To cherish with heat.

   Every kind that lives,
   Fomented by his virtual power, and warm’d. John Milton, P. L.

   2. To bathe with warm lotions.

   He fomented the head with opiates to procure sleep, and a solution of opium in water to foment the forehead. Arbuthnot.

   3. To encourage; to support; to cherish.

   They love their givings, and foment their deeds no less than parents do their children. Henry Wotton.

   Blame then thyself, as reason’s law requires,
   Since nature gave, and thou foment’st my fires. Dryden.

   They are troubled with those ill humours, which they themselves infused and fomented in them. John Locke.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foment

   Foment means to instigate or stir up an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action. It can also refer to the action of applying heat or warm substances to an area of the body to soothe pain or discomfort.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fomentverb

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

2. Fomentverb

   to cherish with heat; to foster

3. Fomentverb

   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

4. Etymology: [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. to roast, and E. bake.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foment

   fo-ment′, v.t. to bathe with warm water: to encourage: to instigate (usually to evil).—ns. Fomentā′tion, a bathing or lotion with warm water: encouragement; Foment′er. [Fr.,—L. fomentāre—fomentum for fovimentum—fovēre, to warm.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of foment in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of foment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of foment in a Sentence

1. John Katko:

   China and Russia love nothing more than to see mayhem created in the United States, but they're not stupid enough to create it themselves, if they cozy up to the Taliban government, like it sounds like they're going to, that is the perfect proxy to help fund and foment mayhem in the U.S. without having to have their fingers on it.

2. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   The plan of the two Congresswomen is only to damage Israel and to foment against Israel.

3. Fernando Melendez:

   The only thing foreign companies have done is pollute and foment distrust among local populations, we don't see any benefits and remain an impoverished region.

4. John F. Kennedy:

   The high office of the President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the American's freedom and before I leave office, I must inform the citizen of this plight.

5. The Justice Department on Tuesday:

   Inciting or conspiring to foment a violent attack on the United States Congress is not within the scope of employment of a Representative -- or any federal employee.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=foment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Foment
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=foment
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foment
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=foment