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Definitions for Fomenter
[1] to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble; to foment discontent.
[2] to apply warm water or medicated liquid, ointments, etc., to (the surface of the body).
[3] to encourage or instigate (trouble, discord, etc); stir up
[4] med to apply heat and moisture to (a part of the body) to relieve pain and inflammation
Words related to Fomenter
fomentbrew, incite, arouse, abet, set, raise, excite, goad, agitate, start, encourage, foster, nurse, nurture, promote, spur, stimulate, cultivate, quicken
Words nearby Fomenter
fomentfolsom, folsom man, folsom point, folía, fomalhaut, foment, fomentation, fomes, fomite, fomo, fomorian
Origin of Fomenter
1350–1400; Middle English fomenten < Late Latin fōmentāre, verbal derivative of Latin fōmentum soothing application, poultice, contraction of *fōvimentum, equivalent to fōv(ēre ) to keep warm + -i- -i- + -mentum -ment
Words that may be confused with Fomenter
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, fomentferment, foment
Other words from Fomenter
fo·ment·er , noun
un·fo·ment·ed , adjective
Word origin for Fomenter
C15: from Late Latin fōmentāre , from Latin fōmentum a poultice, ultimately from fovēre to foster
Synonyms for Fomenter
advocate, agent, anarchist, champion, demagogue, dissident, dogmatist, fighter, firebrand, heretic, incendiary, instigator, leftist, malcontent, mover, partisan, propagandist, provocateur, pusher, rabble-rouser, radical, reactionary, rebel, reformer, revisionist, revolutionary, ringleader, troublemaker, zealot, adjy, disrupter, sparkplug, wave maker