| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To spur or goad.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To instigate, egg, incite, rouse or excite.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle 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] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "FOMENTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FOMENTING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Applying warm lotions.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of foment. fomenting a revolution. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
