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foment

[ foh-ment ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of:

    to foment trouble; to foment discontent.

    Synonyms: , , , , , ,

  2. to apply warm water or medicated liquid, ointments, etc., to (the surface of the body).


foment

/ ˌfəʊmɛnˈteɪʃən; fəˈmɛnt /

verb

  1. to encourage or instigate (trouble, discord, etc); stir up
  2. med to apply heat and moisture to (a part of the body) to relieve pain and inflammation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Both foment and ferment can be used to talk about stirring up trouble: he was accused of fomenting/fermenting unrest . Only ferment can be used intransitively or as a noun: his anger continued to ferment (not foment ); rural areas were unaffected by the ferment in the cities
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Derived Forms

  • fomentation, noun
  • ڴˈԳٱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ڴ·Գİ noun
  • ܲЭ·ԳĻ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of foment1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English fomenten, from Late Latin ōԳ, verbal derivative of Latin ōԳٳܳ “soothing application, poultice,” contraction of unattested ōԳٳܳ, equivalent to ō(ŧ) “to keep warm” + -i- -i- + -mentum -ment
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of foment1

C15: from Late Latin ōԳ , from Latin ōԳٳܳ a poultice, ultimately from ڴDZŧ to foster
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But it’s important to understand that a driving reason for these executive orders is to appease the racism he has fomented among his voter base.

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His career brought an international spotlight to this system of racial segregation in plays that afflicted consciences and fomented activism at home and abroad.

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The aim is to tackle disinformation and hate speech that can foment unrest and radicalise people.

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He emerges as Emilia Pérez, a philanthropist who puts her illicit fortune into a charity to help people find loved ones who “disappeared” in the cartel violence she once fomented.

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Israel accuses Iran of smuggling weapons and funds to Hamas, PIJ and other armed groups in the West Bank to foment unrest.

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