foment
verb/fəˈment/
/fəʊˈment/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they foment | /fəˈment/ /fəʊˈment/ |
| he / she / it foments | /fəˈments/ /fəʊˈments/ |
| past simple fomented | /fəˈmentɪd/ /fəʊˈmentɪd/ |
| past participle fomented | /fəˈmentɪd/ /fəʊˈmentɪd/ |
| -ing form fomenting | /fəˈmentɪŋ/ /fəʊˈmentɪŋ/ |
- foment something to create trouble or violence or make it worse synonym incite
- They accused him of fomenting political unrest.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFoment is used with these nouns as the object:- coup
- rebellion
- revolution
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (originally meaning to bathe with warm or medicated lotions): from French fomenter, from late Latin fomentare, from Latin fomentum ‘poultice, lotion’, from fovere ‘to heat, cherish’.Want to learn more?
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