foment

v. ஒற்றடங்கொடு, வேதிடு, மருந்திடப்பட்ட இளஞ்சூடான கழுவுநீரினால் நீராட்டு, இளஞ்சூட்டை அளி, ஊக்கமளி, தூண்டு கிளர்ச்சியூட்டு, தீமை செய்ய உடனுதவி யாயிரு.

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Fo*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fomented; p. pr. & vb. n. Fomenting.] Etym: [F. fomenter, fr. L. fomentare, fr. fomentum (for fovimentum) a warm application or lotion, fr. fovere to warm or keep warm; perh. akin to Gr. bake.] 1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid. 2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.] Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm. Milton. 3. 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. Locke. But quench the choler you foment in vain. Dryden. Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion. Southey.