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1. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishFOMENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   FOMENT definition: 1. to cause trouble to develop: 2. to cause trouble to develop: 3. to cause something bad or…. Learn more.

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     FOMENT meaning: 1. to cause trouble to develop: 2. to cause...

   • Znaczenie Foment, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     FOMENT definicja: 1. to cause trouble to develop: 2. to...

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     FOMENT translate: fomentar. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     FOMENT translate: 挑起，激起，煽动（事端）. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     FOMENT translate: 挑起，激起，煽動（事端）. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Cambridge English Dictionary에서의 의미

     foment 의미, 정의, foment의 정의: 1. to cause trouble to develop:...

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   The meaning of FOMENT is to promote the growth or development of : rouse, incite. How to use foment in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Foment.

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   Foment definition: to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of. See examples of FOMENT used in a sentence.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › fomentFOMENT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Define foment. foment synonyms, foment pronunciation, foment translation, English dictionary definition of foment. incite; instigate rebellion: to foment a riot. Not ...

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   2 meanings: 1. to encourage or instigate (trouble, discord, etc); stir up 2. medicine to apply heat and moisture to (a part of.... Click for more definitions.

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   What does foment mean?

   • Or you hear foment, meaning opposite. The situation thus really suspends interaction among the three elements, instead of fomenting it, although it is certainly, nonetheless, of the most distinct consequences for all of them.

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   Where does the word foment come from?

   • It's less so if you know that foment traces to the Latin verb fovēre, which means "to heat or warm" or "to soothe." The earliest documented English uses of foment appear in medical texts offering advice on how to soothe various aches and pains by the application of moist heat.

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   What does fomenter mean?

   • 1. To arouse or incite (trouble, for example). 2. To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation. [Middle English fomenten, to apply warm liquids to the skin, from Old French fomenter, from Late Latin fōmentāre, from Latin fōmentum, poultice, from fovēre, to warm; see dheg w h- in Indo-European roots.] fo·ment′er n.

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   What does foment a revolution mean?

   • Stand outside the school cafeteria passing out flyers with nutritional details on school food, and you may foment a revolution — foment means stirring up something undesirable, such as trouble. You would never say, "Hooray, we fomented a revolution." Instead you'd say, "Those good for nothing scalawags fomented the rebellion."

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   What does fomenting violence mean?

   • If someone or something foments trouble or violent opposition, they cause it to develop. They accused strike leaders of fomenting violence. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1.

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   What is the difference between ABET and foment?

   • abet implies both assisting and encouraging. foment implies persistence in goading. He was accused of fomenting violence. John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would “foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation”.

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   Stand outside the school cafeteria passing out flyers with nutritional details on school food, and you may foment a revolution — foment means stirring up something undesirable, such as trouble.