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   Fo·ment

   /fōˈment/

   

   verb

   • 1. instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action): "they accused him of fomenting political unrest"
   • 2. bathe (a part of the body) with warm or medicated lotions. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English (in foment (sense 2)): from French fomenter, from late Latin fomentare, from Latin fomentum ‘poultice, lotion’, from fovere ‘to heat, cherish’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fomenter noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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