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Definition of fomenting

Fomenting
Foment Fo*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fomented; p. pr. & vb. n. Fomenting.] [F. fomenter, fr. L. fomentare, fr. fomentum (for fovimentum) a warm application or lotion, fr. fovere to warm or keep warm; perh. akin to Gr. ? to roast, and E. bake.] 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. --Locke. But quench the choler you foment in vain. --Dryden. Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion. --Southey.

Meaning of fomenting from wikipedia

- date december 2010 incitement is an inchoate or anticipatory offence akin to attempt or conspiracy under the common law of england and
- cinematographic fomenting company (focine) : on july 28, 1978 the compañía de fomento cinematográfico (focine) (cinematographic fomenting
- leadership and its fatah brigade were expelled from jordan for fomenting a revolt, they entered lebanon and the cross-border violence increased.
- mlimo, the ndebele spiritual leader, is credited with fomenting much of the anger that led to this confrontation. he convinced the ndebele
- they finally began the battle for tripoli in august 2011 when they attacked from the west of the city, as well as fomenting an internal
- it was formed with the aid and direction of the united states government following the gulf war , for the purpose of fomenting the
- guerrillas , disguised as locals, entered jammu and kashmir from pakistan with the intention of fomenting an insurgency among kashmiri muslim s.
- and co-heiress of louis de bourbon, comte de soissons , who would be killed in 1641 while fomenting rebellion against cardinal richelieu .
- challenged publicly by such figures as mario vargas llosa who accuse evo of fomenting racial divisions in an increasingly mestizo latin america.
- after the russian annexation of georgia in 1801, alexander spent the rest of his life in trying to undermine the new regime by fomenting