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foment
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Foment
(gcide) | Foment \Fo"ment\, n.
1. Fomentation.
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2. State of excitation; -- perh. confused with ferment.
He came in no conciliatory mood, and the foment was
kept up. --Julian
Ralph.
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Foment
(gcide) | 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.
bake.]
1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge
wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
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2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.]
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Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm.
--Milton.
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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.
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But quench the choler you foment in vain. --Dryden.
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Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion.
--Southey.
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foment
(wn) | foment
v 1: try to stir up public opinion [syn: agitate, foment,
stir up]
2: bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should
be fomented" |
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foment
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fomenter
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Boletus fomentarius
(gcide) | Boletic \Bo*let"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus.
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Boletic acid, an acid obtained from the {Boletus
fomentarius}, variety pseudo-igniarius. Same as {Fumaric
acid}.
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Fomentation
(gcide) | Fomentation \Fo`men*ta"tion\, n. [?. fomentatio: cf. F.
fomentation.]
1. (Med.)
(a) 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.
(b) The lotion applied to a diseased part.
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2. Excitation; instigation; encouragement.
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Dishonest fomentation of your pride. --Young.
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Fomented
(gcide) | 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.
bake.]
1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge
wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
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2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.]
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Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm.
--Milton.
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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.
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But quench the choler you foment in vain. --Dryden.
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Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion.
--Southey.
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Fomenter
(gcide) | Fomenter \Fo*ment"er\, n.
One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as, a
fomenter of sedition.
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Fomenting
(gcide) | 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.
bake.]
1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge
wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
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2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.]
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Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm.
--Milton.
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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.
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But quench the choler you foment in vain. --Dryden.
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Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion.
--Southey.
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Polyporus fomentarius
(gcide) | Polyporus \Po*lyp"o*rus\, n.; pl. Polypori. [NL., fr. Gr.
poly`s many + ? a pore.] (Bot.)
A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute
pores; also, any fungus of this genus.
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Note: Polyporus fomentarius was formerly dried and cut in
slices for tinder, called amadou. Polyporus betulinus
is common in America, and forms very large thick white
semicircular excrescences on birch trees. Several
species of Polyporous are considered edible.
[1913 Webster]Punk \Punk\, n. [Cf. Spunk.]
1. Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for
tinder; touchwood.
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2. A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried
for tinder; agaric.
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3. An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk.
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4. A prostitute; a strumpet. [Obsoles.] --Shak.
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Refoment
(gcide) | Refoment \Re`fo*ment"\ (r?`f?*m?nt"), v. t.
To foment anew.
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foment
(wn) | foment
v 1: try to stir up public opinion [syn: agitate, foment,
stir up]
2: bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should
be fomented" |
fomentation
(wn) | fomentation
n 1: a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or
poultice
2: application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to
relieve pain and inflammation
3: deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
[syn: fomentation, instigation] |
fomenter
(wn) | fomenter
n 1: one who agitates; a political troublemaker [syn:
agitator, fomenter] |
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