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Meaning of 'foment' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Foment [ v. t.]
- To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
- To cherish with heat; to foster.
- 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.

Meaning of 'foment' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . foment [ v]
Meaning (1):
- bathe with warm water or medicated lotions
Example in sentence:
  • His legs should be fomented

Nearby Words:

fomalhaut fomentation fomented fomenter fomenting fomes fomites

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