fo·ment /ˈfoˌmɛnt, foˈ/
(vt.)熱罨,煽動
fo·ment /ˈfoˌmɛnt/ 名詞
Fo·ment v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fomented; p. pr. & vb. n. Fomenting.]
1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.]
Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm. --Milton.
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.
But quench the choler you foment in vain. --Dryden.
Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion. --Southey.
Fo·ment n.
1. Fomentation.
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
v 1: try to stir up public opinion [syn: agitate, stir up]
2: bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should
be fomented"