foment

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There can certainly be no "blessing" from a catastrophe it has taken all of a decade to foment, and those who are saying there is, are obviously trying to hide their own and the team's flaws.

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  1. transitive verb To promote the growth of; incite.
  2. transitive verb To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation.

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  • Prays, namely, That Heaven would be graciously pleased to foment, and blow up to the proper degree, this quarrel between the two chief Heretic Powers, Heaven's chief enemies, whereby Holy Religion might reap a good benefit, if it pleased Heaven. —  History of Friedrich II of Prussia
  • There can certainly be no "blessing" from a catastrophe it has taken all of a decade to foment, and those who are saying there is, are obviously trying to hide their own and the team's flaws. —  IOL: News
  • How did such a poisonous political culture foment, and was it born of ignorance, arrogance, ideology, greed, evil, or something else? —  Mark Sigal's Blog - The Network Garden
  • While recent disputes over historical border issues with India continue to foment, Foreign M.nister Yang Jiechi will hold talks with his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna in Bangalore to boost a strategic cooperative partnership next Tuesday.
  • If the patient feels chilly, foment or bathe the feet and legs up to the knees during the process of cooling. —  Papers on Health
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foment:   fomented ·  fomenting ·  foments
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  1. 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 dhegwh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin fomentum, a warm lotion or poultice, a mitigation, alleviation, nourishment, contr. of *fovimentum, from fovere, warm, keep warm, foment.
  2. from French fomenter = Provencal Spanish Portuguese fomentar = Italian fomentare, from Latin fomentare, foment, from fomentum, a warm lotion or poultice: see foment, n.
 

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