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third-person singular simple present foments, present participle fomenting, simple past and past participle fomented
To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate. quotations examples
Boris Johnson and senior Conservative ministers have vigorously condemned the violence in Washington, but have largely steered clear of condemning Trump for fomenting it.
January 7 2021, Peter Walker, “Tories urged to suspend politicians who likened US violence to anti-Brexit protests”, in The Guardian
(medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge. quotations examples
The maid had entered with us, and began once more to foment the bruise upon her mistress's brow.
1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, Norton, published 2005, page 1178
plural foments
Fomentation. quotations examples
He came in no conciliatory mood, and the foment was kept up.
1892, Julian Ralph, On Canada's Frontier