Meaning of foment | Babel Free

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1. To stir to action or feeling:egg on, excite, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, set off, spur, stimulate, touch off, trigger, work up.
2. To arouse or incite (trouble, for example).
3. To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation.
4. to encourage or instigate (trouble, discord, etc); stir up
5. (Medicine) med to apply heat and moisture to (a part of the body) to relieve pain and inflammation
   med
6. to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble.
7. to apply warm water or medicated liquid, ointments, etc., to (the surface of the body).
8. vt trouble, discord → schüren; (Med) → mit feuchten Umschlägen behandeln
   vt trouble, discord

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