Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of fomenting; incitement.
- noun A substance or material used as a warm, moist medicinal compress; a poultice.
- noun The therapeutic application of warmth and moisture, as to relieve pain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of heating, warming, or cherishing; warmth.
- noun In medicine: The act of applying warm liquids to a part of the body, by means of flannels or other cloths dipped in them.
- noun The liquid thus applied.
- noun Excitation; instigation; encouragement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors.
- noun The lotion applied to a diseased part.
- noun Excitation; instigation; encouragement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
fomenting ; the application of warm, soft,medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussingtumors . - noun The
lotion applied to a diseased part. - noun
Excitation ;instigation ;encouragement .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
- noun a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice
- noun application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation
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Examples
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Another kind of fomentation is composed of dried poppyheads, 4 oz.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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Another kind of fomentation is composed of dried poppyheads, 4 oz.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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Three years later, it is the imam who the majority of Americans believe is engaging in "willful fomentation."
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He called it "willful fomentation" and "gratuitous" to republish them throughout Europe.
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Perhaps it's well past time to hit the real source of this fomentation - the Iranian Mullahs.
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Perhaps it's well past time to hit the real source of this fomentation - the Iranian Mullahs.
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Applying hot packs to the spine, hot or cold foot bath and hot fomentation to the spine before going to bed are all proven methods.
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Hot fomentation should be applied to open up the skin pores and squeeze out the waste matter.
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Turpentine may also be rubbed over the chest with fomentation for the same object.
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If we condemn Ahmadinejad and other patrons of terrorism, we must, with equal force, commend those Muslim intellectuals and religious leaders who have the courage to speak out publicly against the continued fomentation of Holocaust denial and other manifestations of Judaeophobia in their midst.
chained_bear commented on the word fomentation
"'...unless or until we can fashion and ship a rudder...'
'If you spend another two minutes up to your neck in water at this temperature, striving to do so, I will not answer for your life,' said Stephen. 'Last time it was nip and tuck, with hot blanket, fomentations, and half a pint of my best brandy.'"
--P. O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 256
March 16, 2008