Foment
41foment — Ho okipi, ho ohaunaele (revolt, riot) …
42foment — To encourage; to incite; to abet …
43foment — see FAVOUR …
44foment — v.tr. 1 instigate or stir up (trouble, sedition, etc.). 2 a bathe with warm or medicated liquid. b apply warmth to. Derivatives: fomenter n. Etymology: ME f. F fomenter f. LL fomentare f. L fomentum poultice, lotion f. fovere heat, cherish …
45ferment, foment — In the sense of causing trouble, these words can be used interchangeably: Rebel soldiers fomented (or fermented) unrest among the people. Ferment literally means to act upon as a ferment, that is, to cause the giving off of gases that induce… …
46Fomented — 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.… …
47Fomenting — 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.… …
48FAD — Foment de les Arts Decoratives (Fomento de las Artes Decorativas), Barcelona …
49fomentation — foment ► VERB 1) instigate or stir up (revolution or strife). 2) archaic bathe (a part of the body) with warm or medicated lotions. DERIVATIVES fomentation noun. ORIGIN Latin fomentare, from fomentum poultice, lotion …
50ferment — ferment, foment 1. Ferment is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable as a noun and with the stress on the second syllable as a verb. 2. As verbs, ferment and foment are often confused because they are pronounced approximately the same… …