Foment

[fə(ʊ)'ment]

Definition

(verb.) bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; 'His legs should be fomented'.

Typed by Alice--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.

(v. t.) To cherish with heat; to foster.

(v. t.) 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.

Typist: Ora

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Stupe, bathe with warm lotions, apply warm lotions to.[2]. Excite, encourage, abet, stimulate, brew, stir up.

Typist: Vilma

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Excite, cherish, fan, propagate, encourage

ANT:Allay, extinguish, discourage, extirpate, quench

Checker: Lyman

Definition

v.t. to bathe with warm water: to encourage: to instigate (usually to evil).—ns. Fomentā′tion a bathing or lotion with warm water: encouragement; Foment′er.

Typed by Elinor