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fə(ʊ)ˈmɛnt/
v.
- instigate or stir up (revolution or strife).
- archaic bathe (a part of the body) with warm or medicated lotions.
Derivative
- fomentation n.
- fomenter n.
Etymology
ME: from Fr. fomenter, from late L. fomentare, from L. fomentum ‘poultice, lotion’.
