Foment(v. t.) To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
Foment(v. t.) To cherish with heat; to foster.
Foment(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.
Fomentation(n.) The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors.
Fomentation(n.) The lotion applied to a diseased part.
Fomentation(n.) Excitation; instigation; encouragement.
Fomented(imp. & p. p.) of Foment
Fomenter(n.) One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as, a fomenter of sedition.
Fomenting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foment
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