'Foment' definitions:
Definition of 'foment'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Foment'
From: GCIDE
- Foment \Fo*ment"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fomented; p. pr. & vb. n. Fomenting.] [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.]
- 1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- But quench the choler you foment in vain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Foment'
From: GCIDE
- Foment \Fo"ment\, n.
- 1. Fomentation. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. State of excitation; -- perh. confused with ferment.
- He came in no conciliatory mood, and the foment was kept up. --Julian Ralph. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'foment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abet,
- advance,
- agitate,
- agitation,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- anesthetize,
- annoy,
- appease,
- arouse,
- assuage,
- awake,
- awaken,
- benumb,
- blow the coals,
- blow up,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- boil,
- boiling,
- brouhaha,
- bustle,
- call forth,
- call up,
- chafe,
- churn,
- commotion,
- conturbation,
- cook,
- cultivate,
- cushion,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- diminish,
- discomposure,
- disorder,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- disturbance,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- ebullition,
- egg on,
- electric-heat,
- embroilment,
- encourage,
- enkindle,
- enrage,
- excite,
- excitement,
- fan,
- fan the fire,
- fan the flame,
- feed the fire,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- fidgets,
- fire,
- fire up,
- flame,
- flap,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutteration,
- forward,
- foster,
- frenzy,
- fume,
- further,
- fuss,
- galvanize,
- gas-heat,
- give relief,
- goad,
- heat,
- heat up,
- hot,
- hot up,
- hot-air-heat,
- hot-water-heat,
- hubbub,
- hurly-burly,
- impassion,
- incense,
- incite,
- inflame,
- infuriate,
- initiate,
- inquietude,
- inspire,
- instigate,
- jitters,
- jumpiness,
- key up,
- kindle,
- lather up,
- lay,
- lessen,
- light the fuse,
- light up,
- lull,
- madden,
- maelstrom,
- malaise,
- mitigate,
- moil,
- mollify,
- motivate,
- move,
- mull,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- nettle,
- numb,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- overexcite,
- overheat,
- pad,
- palliate,
- perturbation,
- pique,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- preheat,
- promote,
- prompt,
- provoke,
- put up to,
- raise,
- rally,
- recook,
- reduce,
- reheat,
- relieve,
- restlessness,
- roil,
- rouse,
- rout,
- row,
- salve,
- seethe,
- seething,
- set,
- set astir,
- set fire to,
- set on,
- set on fire,
- sic on,
- slacken,
- slake,
- soften,
- soothe,
- spur,
- start,
- steam,
- steam up,
- stimulate,
- stir,
- stir the blood,
- stir the embers,
- stir the feelings,
- stir up,
- stoke up,
- stupe,
- subdue,
- summon up,
- superheat,
- swirl,
- tepefy,
- tickle,
- to-do,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- turbidity,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- turn on,
- twitter,
- unease,
- unrest,
- upset,
- urge,
- wake,
- wake up,
- waken,
- warm,
- warm over,
- warm the blood,
- warm up,
- whet,
- whip up,
- work into,
- work up