| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Foment.[Websters]
2. To be heated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have promoted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have aroused, impelled or evoked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have prompted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have urged, spurred or instigated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have whetted or quickened. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have developed or activated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have induced or raised. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have irritated, incited, abetted or exacerbated.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb foment.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (foment) | 1. Try to stir up public opinion.[Wordnet]. 2. Bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented".[Wordnet]. 3. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.[Websters]. 4. To cherish with heat; to foster.[Websters]. 5. 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.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: fomenting, fomented, foments, fomenter, fomenters, fomentingly and fomentedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FOMENTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FOMENTED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Bathed with warm lotions; encouraged.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of foment. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
