Thesaurus: foment

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1. v. t. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
2. v. t. To cherish with heat; to foster.
3. v. t. 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. v. try to stir up public opinion
5. v. bathe with warm water or medicated lotions
6. 1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid. 2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.] Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm. Milton. 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. But quench the choler you foment in vain. Dryden. Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion. Southey.
7. v:100 v. bathe with warm water or medicated lotions