Associations to the word «Foment»

Wiktionary

FOMENT, verb. To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
FOMENT, verb. (medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.
FOMENT, noun. Fomentation.

Dictionary definition

FOMENT, verb. Try to stir up public opinion.
FOMENT, verb. Bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca