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- FOMENT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
It's less so if you know that foment traces to the Latin verb fovēre, which means "to heat or warm" or "to soothe " The earliest documented English uses of foment appear in medical texts offering advice on how to soothe various aches and pains by the application of moist heat
- FOMENT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Foment definition: to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc ); promote the growth or development of See examples of FOMENT used in a sentence
- FOMENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Add to word list to cause something bad or illegal to develop: to foment revolution (Definition of foment from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
- Foment - definition of foment by The Free Dictionary
foment (fəˈmɛnt) vb (tr) 1 to encourage or instigate (trouble, discord, etc); stir up
- foment verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of foment verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- FOMENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
USAGE Both foment and ferment can be used to talk about stirring up trouble: he was accused of fomenting fermenting unrest Only ferment can be used intransitively or as a noun: his anger continued to ferment (not foment); rural areas were unaffected by the ferment in the cities
- foment - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
foment (third-person singular simple present foments, present participle fomenting, simple past and past participle fomented) He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, it's bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse Foreign governments have tried to foment unrest
- foment, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun foment, two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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