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foment
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
foments; fomented; fomenting
foments; fomented; fomenting
Learner's definition of FOMENT
[+ object] formal
: to cause or try to cause the growth or development of (something bad or harmful) : incite煽动；挑起
- foment rebellion/war/revolution煽动叛乱；挑起战争；激发革命
- He was accused of fomenting violence.他被指控煽动暴力。
— fomenter
noun, plural fomenters [count]
fomented; fomenting; foments
fomenter noun
Did you know?
If you had sore muscles in the 1600s, your doctor might have advised you to foment the injury, perhaps with heated lotions or warm wax. Does this sound like an odd prescription? Not if you know that foment traces to the Latin verb fovēre, which means "to heat or warm" or "to soothe." The earliest documented English uses of foment appear in medical texts offering advice on how to soothe various aches and pains by the application of moist heat. In time, the idea of applying heat became a metaphor for stimulating or rousing to action. Foment then started being used in political contexts to mean "to stir up" or "to call to action."
Example Sentences
He was accused of fomenting violence. John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would “foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation”.
Recent Examples on the Web In the meantime, the internet has blossomed into a far more insidiously efficient tool for those who seek to foment discord and terrorism. 
Marc Fisher, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2022 And yet, the agency failed to incapacitate Ukraine’s government, foment any semblance of a pro-Russian groundswell or interrupt President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hold on power. Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 Typically, Moscow exploits mass protests in the U.S. to amplify discord and divisions in America through social media in the attempt to help foment social unrest. Fox News, 25 June 2022 Not to mention the increasingly loud conservative voices that try to foment irrational outrage over any acknowledgement of the actual reality of LGBTQ people existing. Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022 The shooter in that attack aimed to foment discord between Muslims and non-Muslims, with the goal of driving followers of Islam out of the country. Emma Coleman Jordan, CNN, 29 May 2022 Her travels this week underscore New Zealand's desire to foment stronger ties with the U.S. Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune, 25 May 2022 Think about how many White supremacist organizations have taken up residency in East County over the years or about the ways extremists sought to use Defend East County to foment hate. San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022 Rising prices could again foment political instability in the Middle East. Frida Ghitis, CNN, 3 June 2022 See More
Marc Fisher, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2022 And yet, the agency failed to incapacitate Ukraine’s government, foment any semblance of a pro-Russian groundswell or interrupt President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hold on power. Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 Typically, Moscow exploits mass protests in the U.S. to amplify discord and divisions in America through social media in the attempt to help foment social unrest. Fox News, 25 June 2022 Not to mention the increasingly loud conservative voices that try to foment irrational outrage over any acknowledgement of the actual reality of LGBTQ people existing. Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022 The shooter in that attack aimed to foment discord between Muslims and non-Muslims, with the goal of driving followers of Islam out of the country. Emma Coleman Jordan, CNN, 29 May 2022 Her travels this week underscore New Zealand's desire to foment stronger ties with the U.S. Emma Hinchliffe And Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune, 25 May 2022 Think about how many White supremacist organizations have taken up residency in East County over the years or about the ways extremists sought to use Defend East County to foment hate. San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022 Rising prices could again foment political instability in the Middle East. Frida Ghitis, CNN, 3 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, to apply a warm substance to, from Late Latin fomentare, from Latin fomentum compress, from fovēre to heat, soothe; akin to Lithuanian degti to burn, Sanskrit dahati it burns
First Known Use
circa 1613, in the meaning defined above
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