fomentn.

Brit.

/ˈfəʊmɛnt/, U.S.

/ˈfoʊˌmɛnt/

Forms: Middle English–1500s fomente, Middle English– foment, 1600s foement.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin fōmentum.

Etymology: < classical Latin fōmentum compress, poultice, dressing, remedy, in post-classical Latin also encouragement (3rd cent.), stimulus (4th or 5th cent. in Jerome), contracted < *fovimentum < fovēre to cherish, warm (see fovent adj.) + -mentum -ment suffix.Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French (rare) foment (13th cent. in the specific medical sense, 1447 in the extended sense ‘something that assuages something bad’), Old Occitan fomen , Catalan foment (14th cent.), Spanish fomento (end of the 15th cent.), Portuguese fomento (1555), Italian fomento (14th cent.). In sense 3 by confusion with ferment n. 3.

Now rare.

1. Medicine. A heated therapeutic preparation, esp. a moistened poultice or pad of material, applied to the surface of the body to relieve swelling, inflammation, or pain. Cf. fomentation n. 1b(a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] > treatment by bathing, sprinkling, or fomenting

fomenta1398

fomentationa1400

embrocation1543

irrigation1617

pump-bathing1744

dry pumping1840

nebulization1968

perifusion1969

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. iii. 346 If þe matere is in þe grounde of þe stomak, we schal..vse fomentz [L. fomentis], oynementis [L. vngentis] þat beþ menelich hoote.

1562 W. Bullein Comfortable Regiment sig. Cj Soche fomentes as are applied to the place, are not to be vsed, if thei doe not ease and helpe the paine quicklie.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. xviii. 104 You must cure children with irrigations, cataplasmes, clysters, suppositories and foments.

1642 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. xii. 47 Apply this following Foment.

1745 tr. G. van Swieten Comm. Aphorisms Boerhaave IX. 85 Hot tiles were placed over them, to keep the foments from growing cold.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Jan. 1/3 Ameliorating the symptoms by hot foments, mustard applications, and wet-sheet packings.

1994 T. Hawcroft First Aid for Dogs 91 A swelling that has been present for some time and feels firm to hard is best dealt with by applying a hot foment (compress).

†2.

a. Something that foments or encourages something bad. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates

prickleOE

pritchOE

alighting1340

brodc1375

bellowsc1386

pricka1387

motivec1390

prompting1402

preparativec1450

stirmentc1460

incentive?a1475

fomenta1500

farda1522

instigation1526

pointing1533

swinge1548

spur1551

whetstone1551

goad1567

promptitude1578

alarm1587

inducement1593

solicitor1594

incitement1596

inflammation1597

instance1597

excitement1604

moving spirit1604

heart-blood1606

inflamer1609

rouser1611

stimulator1614

motioner1616

incensivea1618

incitative1620

incitation1622

whettera1625

impulsivea1628

excitation1628

incendiary1628

dispositive1629

fomentationa1631

switch1630

stirrer1632

irritament1634

provocative1638

impetus1641

driving force1642

driving power1642

engagement1642

firer1653

propellant1654

fomentary1657

impulse1660

urgency1664

impeller1686

fillip1699

shove1724

incitive1736

stimulative1747

bonus1787

stimulus1791

impellent1793

stimulant1794

propulsion1800

instigant1833

propulsive1834

motive power1836

evoker1845

motivity1857

afflatus1865

flip1881

urge1882

agent provocateur1888

will to power1896

a shot in the arm1922

motivator1929

driver1971

co-driver1993

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Famylyer Dyaloge Freende & Felaw (Sion Coll. London) (1989) 35 (MED) Yf we haue dredful batayles let vs fyrst drede and hate the fomentes and noryschyng of batayles.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) i. iv. 15 They rather serve them for instruments of vertue, than foments of vice.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness To Rdr. ¶15. p. xiv The foments of strife and palliations of Hypocrisy.

1704 Good Expedient for Innocence & Peace 10 What more seasonable Charity than to abstract the Foment from these accursed Divisions, by prohibiting those Oaths, that add Fewel to our Flames, and perpetuat our janglings?

b. to give foment to: to encourage or stimulate (something bad). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation

puttingOE

sleatinga1122

eggingc1200

pricking?c1225

enticement1303

movinga1382

eggmentc1386

stirring1399

instinct1412

instigationc1422

motiona1425

provocationa1425

coyingc1440

ertingc1440

tollingc1440

artation1441

incitation1477

instinction1490

inhortationc1503

stimulation1526

abetment1533

onsetting1541

provokement?1545

incitament1579

stirring?c1580

irritation1589

incitement1594

spurring1611

to give foment to1613

fomenting1615

prompturea1616

proritation1615

urgea1618

exstimulation1626

fomentation1633

instinctment1661

spurning1672

impulsing1885

1613 R. Dallington Briefe Inference Guicciardines Digression 46 in Aphorismes Ciuill & Militarie To giue foment to treasons, and encouragement to Traitors..; what is this but to seeke the subuersion of the whole State?

1642 F. Quarles Observ. Princes & States 2 Long-settled humors give foment to the distemper when it breakes forth.

1658 R. Creshald Legacy 10 Which by the distemper gave Foment and force to the approaching Maladie.

1660 J. Cotgrave Muses Mistresse 7 What their licencious acts deserved have: These to give foment to their foul disease.

3. Unrest, agitation; an instance of this; = ferment n. 3.The reading foment in T. Jefferson Writings (1859) III. 527, cited at this sense by N.E.D. (1897) is an error; the 1992 edition of Jefferson's Papers reads ferment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]

fever1340

motiona1398

quotidian?a1439

rufflea1535

commotion1581

fret1582

hurry1600

puddering1603

tumultuousnessa1617

trepidation1625

feverishness1638

boilingc1660

fermentationc1660

tumult1663

ferment1672

stickle1681

fuss1705

whirl1707

flurry1710

sweat1715

fluster1728

pucker1740

flutter1741

flustration1747

flutteration1753

tremor1753

swithera1768

twitteration1775

state1781

stew1806

scrow1808

tumultuating1815

flurrification1822

tew1825

purr1842

pirr1856

tête montée1859

go1866

faff1874

poultry flutter1876

palaver1878

thirl1879

razzle-dazzle1885

nervism1887

flurry-scurry1888

fikiness1889

foment1889

dither1891

swivet1892

flusterment1895

tither1896

overwroughtness1923

mania1925

stumer1932

tizzy1935

two and eight1938

snit1939

tizz1953

tiswas1960

wahala1966

1889 Vermont Watchman 9 Oct. 1/5 Nothing can be so potent in stilling religious foment.

1903 A. B. Dodd In Palaces Sultan 439 All Turkish society is more or less in a foment of anxiety, excitement, and intrigue.

2017 Daily Examiner (Grafton, New S. Wales) (Nexis) 24 May 19 A compelling account of the social, economic and political foment in Russia in the aftermath of..the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

fomentv.

Brit.

/fə(ʊ)ˈmɛnt/, U.S.

/foʊˈmɛnt/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s fomente, late Middle English– foment.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French fomenter; Latin fomentare.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French fomenter to apply fomentations to (13th cent. in Anglo-Norman, 1314 in continental French), (in extended use) to stimulate, encourage (1588 in the passage translated in quot. 1606 at sense 3), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin fomentare to apply fomentations to (4th cent.) < classical Latin fōmentum foment n. Compare slightly earlier fomentation n. and later fomentate v.Compare Catalan fomentar (14th cent.), Spanish fomentar (15th cent.), Portuguese fomentar (a1522), Italian fomentare (14th cent. in the medical sense, a1540 in extended use).

1. transitive. Medicine. To bathe or soak (a part of the body) with heated liquid; to apply a heated medicinal preparation, esp. in the form of a moistened poultice or pad of material, to (a part of the body). Occasionally also intransitive. Now rare. Cf. foment n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [verb (transitive)] > lubricate

foment?a1425

liquor1573

lubrify1611

lubricate1623

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > treat hydropathically [verb (transitive)] > bathe, sprinkle, or foment

beathc1000

foment?a1425

stupe1525

fomentate1559

embroche1575

pump1598

embrocate1628

irrigate1876

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 157^v Þe maner of remouyng [of ventose] is þat þe place be fomented [L. fomentetur]..with hote water.

c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 165 (MED) Þanne fomente weel þe wounde wiþ hoot wiyn and drie it and leye to pulewis & pressuris of softe lynnen clooþ.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. liii. 147 Moreouer the wombe must be euaporated, and fomented with odiferous thinges.

1628 J. Woodall Viaticum 4 Foment not too long at any one time.

1642 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. xii. 47 Foment the place affected with the following foment.

1746 T. Short Medicina Britannica 2 For a Falling down of the Anus, foment with a Decoction of Plantain.

1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 516 The breasts were frequently fomented.

1869 F. Fitzwygram Horses & Stables 160 The leg below the knee may be conveniently fomented by putting it in a deep bucket of warm water.

1987 M. Cameron Treasury Home Remedies 66 Dip cloths in hot water or tea and foment the part for 30 minutes each night and each morning.

†2. transitive. To promote the growth or development of (something physical or physiological). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)]

furtherc888

to bring onc1230

advancea1250

speeda1300

nourishc1300

avaunt1393

promotec1433

pasture?a1439

advantage?1459

promove1475

preferc1503

conduce1518

to set forth1528

to set forward(s)1530

to take forth1530

fillip1551

help1559

farther1570

foster1571

shoulder1577

to put forward1579

seconda1586

foment1596

hearten1598

to put on1604

fomentate1613

succeed1613

expeditea1618

producea1618

maturate1623

cultivate1641

encourage1677

push1693

forward1780

progress1780

admove1839

1596 T. Wright Disposition or Garnishmente Soule To Protestant Rdr. sig. B8 Againe they accuse you moste blasphemously, of folly & doultishnes, in expecting sweete grapes of that vyne, whiche neither was wattered with your grace, nor fomented with the celestiall heate of your fauour, nor sprinckled with the swete dew of your daily blessings.

1667 ‘Rege Sincera’ Observ. Burning of London 2 A violent Easterly winde fomented it, and kept it burning all that day.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 180 Plants receive from their Roots this Nitre, which feeds, foments and preserves them.

1835 Court Mag. June 248/1 Delirium had come on, and that deep sleep from which we reasonably anticipated the happiest effects, had only served apparently to foment the malady.

3. transitive. To stimulate, encourage, instigate (a sentiment, belief, pursuit, course of conduct, etc.); to incite.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > bring about by incitement

stirc897

forthclepe?c1000

raisec1175

entice1297

rearc1325

excitea1340

arta1450

provocate?a1475

suscitate1528

to stir upc1530

provoke1535

store1552

concitea1555

upsteer1558

spirit1598

solicit1602

foment1606

fana1616

proritate1620

incite1627

ferment1660

spirita1680

brush1755

whip1805

to put (also set) (the) spurs to1819

fillipa1822

instigate1852

spark-plug1945

whomp1961

1606 J. Finet tr. R. de Lucinge Beginning, Continuance, & Decay Estates iii. xii. 153 The Mamelucks, who as neighbours might haue fomented [Fr. fomenter] and giuen intertainment to such differences, are now extinct and their name no more mentioned.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 20 Which Bruite was cunningly fomented by such as desired Innouation.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 226 Thy sire in solitude foments his care.

1771 J. W. Fletcher Second Check Antinom. iii. 64 Is not the antinomianism of hearers fomented by that of preachers?

1818 Republican Constellation (Winchester, Va.) 11 July 2/1 Gen. Jackson..obtained full proof that the Spanish authorities at Pensacola had been active in fomenting the Seminole war.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 75 To encourage indolence or foment extravagance.

1967 T. W. Blackburn Good Day to Die ii. 18 The wily old chief..was fomenting trouble and urging his people to cling to the old ways.

2016 Peninsula (Qatar) (Nexis) 8 Dec. They face the worst government clampdown in their history, with active members and groups accused of fomenting unrest during the 2011 uprising.

†4.

a. transitive. To rouse, excite, or agitate (a person or person's nature). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)]

astirc1000

stir?c1225

araisec1374

entalentc1374

flamec1380

reara1382

raisec1384

commove1393

kindlea1400

fluster1422

esmove1474

talent1486

heavec1540

erect?1555

inflame1560

to set on gog1560

yark1565

tickle1567

flesh1573

concitate1574

rouse1574

warmc1580

agitate1587

spirit1598

suscitate1598

fermentate1599

nettle1599

startle1602

worka1616

exagitate1621

foment1621

flush1633

exacuatea1637

ferment1667

to work up1681

pique1697

electrify1748

rattle1781

pump1791

to touch up1796

excite1821

to key up1835

to steam up1909

jazz1916

steam1922

volt1930

whee1949

to fire up1976

geek1984

1621 P. Scot Table-bk. for Princes xv. 124 The flatterer either..contemnes the heauenly parts of the soule, or takes no notice of them at all; the terrestriall other parts, hee cunningly and couertly foments, vntill such time as the vse of reason is quite extinguished.

1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie v. xix. 326 I was active..fomented with your envenomed suggestions.

1680 T. Otway Orphan iv. 45 Still Chaft, and Fomented, let my Heart swell on.

1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 234 By its Bitterness and Venom..to Foment the Genius of the Combatants.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 134 The old General, not to foment him, with a great deal of Mildness stood up.

b. intransitive. To become excited or agitated. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > be or become excited [verb (intransitive)]

stira1000

resea1250

to move one's blood (also mood)c1330

fluster1613

fever1632

foment1646

ferment1671

animate1779

self-excite1832

effervesce1850

to turn on1966

1646 W. Prynne Canterburies Doome 350 No sooner was that Parliament dissolved; but this Prelate, then Bishop of London, who fomented, protected him against the Parliament all he could.

1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 16 In like manner, this Doctor fomenteth, saying; The one stumbles upon an Alter-stone..over which the other leaped clearly.

1680 T. Otway Orphan v. 56 To think Of woman were enough to taint my Brains, Till they foment to madness!

†5. transitive. To heat, warm (something). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)]

lew971

anheatOE

heatc1000

warmOE

hota1200

enchafec1374

eschaufec1374

chafea1382

achafea1400

calefy1526

heaten1559

glow1599

foment1658

to hot up1846

sultry1897

1658 P. Temple Mans Master-piece 42 The sparrow-hawke, who having held a sparrow under his wing to foment and heat his breast, he restores it to it's liberty.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 669 All things..these soft fires..foment and warme.

1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) i. clv. 10 Creeps Chillness on him? She foments and heats His flesh.

Derivatives

foˈmented adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > incited or instigated

spighta1387

cited1538

incitate1568

quickened1589

fomented1613

enact1843

spurred1868

irritated1875

1613 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 3) Fomented, nourished.

1622 H. Wotton Let. (modernized text) in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) II. 239 A well fomented diversion in these parts will do the King..as much good as a contribution.

1871 Health Reformer 5 177/1 The fomented parts should be well washed off with cool water.

2014 Metro (Scotl. ed.) (Nexis) 23 Apr. 46 Modern, idealistically indolent Britain couldn't be further away from the fomented frenzy of the 17th century.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	foment
释义	fomentn. Brit. /ˈfəʊmɛnt/, U.S. /ˈfoʊˌmɛnt/ Forms: Middle English–1500s fomente, Middle English– foment, 1600s foement. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin fōmentum. Etymology: < classical Latin fōmentum compress, poultice, dressing, remedy, in post-classical Latin also encouragement (3rd cent.), stimulus (4th or 5th cent. in Jerome), contracted < fovimentum < fovēre* to cherish, warm (see fovent adj.) + -mentum -ment suffix.Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French (rare) foment (13th cent. in the specific medical sense, 1447 in the extended sense ‘something that assuages something bad’), Old Occitan fomen , Catalan foment (14th cent.), Spanish fomento (end of the 15th cent.), Portuguese fomento (1555), Italian fomento (14th cent.). In sense 3 by confusion with ferment n. 3. Now rare. 1. Medicine. A heated therapeutic preparation, esp. a moistened poultice or pad of material, applied to the surface of the body to relieve swelling, inflammation, or pain. Cf. fomentation n. 1b(a). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] > treatment by bathing, sprinkling, or fomenting fomenta1398 fomentationa1400 embrocation1543 irrigation1617 pump-bathing1744 dry pumping1840 nebulization1968 perifusion1969 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. iii. 346 If þe matere is in þe grounde of þe stomak, we schal..vse fomentz [L. fomentis], oynementis [L. vngentis] þat beþ menelich hoote. 1562 W. Bullein Comfortable Regiment sig. Cj Soche fomentes as are applied to the place, are not to be vsed, if thei doe not ease and helpe the paine quicklie. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. xviii. 104 You must cure children with irrigations, cataplasmes, clysters, suppositories and foments. 1642 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. xii. 47 Apply this following Foment. 1745 tr. G. van Swieten Comm. Aphorisms Boerhaave IX. 85 Hot tiles were placed over them, to keep the foments from growing cold. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Jan. 1/3 Ameliorating the symptoms by hot foments, mustard applications, and wet-sheet packings. 1994 T. Hawcroft First Aid for Dogs 91 A swelling that has been present for some time and feels firm to hard is best dealt with by applying a hot foment (compress). †2. a. Something that foments or encourages something bad. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates prickleOE pritchOE alighting1340 brodc1375 bellowsc1386 pricka1387 motivec1390 prompting1402 preparativec1450 stirmentc1460 incentive?a1475 fomenta1500 farda1522 instigation1526 pointing1533 swinge1548 spur1551 whetstone1551 goad1567 promptitude1578 alarm1587 inducement1593 solicitor1594 incitement1596 inflammation1597 instance1597 excitement1604 moving spirit1604 heart-blood1606 inflamer1609 rouser1611 stimulator1614 motioner1616 incensivea1618 incitative1620 incitation1622 whettera1625 impulsivea1628 excitation1628 incendiary1628 dispositive1629 fomentationa1631 switch1630 stirrer1632 irritament1634 provocative1638 impetus1641 driving force1642 driving power1642 engagement1642 firer1653 propellant1654 fomentary1657 impulse1660 urgency1664 impeller1686 fillip1699 shove1724 incitive1736 stimulative1747 bonus1787 stimulus1791 impellent1793 stimulant1794 propulsion1800 instigant1833 propulsive1834 motive power1836 evoker1845 motivity1857 afflatus1865 flip1881 urge1882 agent provocateur1888 will to power1896 a shot in the arm1922 motivator1929 driver1971 co-driver1993 a1500 tr. A. Chartier Famylyer Dyaloge Freende & Felaw (Sion Coll. London) (1989) 35 (MED) Yf we haue dredful batayles let vs fyrst drede and hate the fomentes and noryschyng of batayles. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) i. iv. 15 They rather serve them for instruments of vertue, than foments of vice. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness To Rdr. ¶15. p. xiv The foments of strife and palliations of Hypocrisy. 1704 Good Expedient for Innocence & Peace 10 What more seasonable Charity than to abstract the Foment from these accursed Divisions, by prohibiting those Oaths, that add Fewel to our Flames, and perpetuat our janglings? b. to give foment to: to encourage or stimulate (something bad). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation puttingOE sleatinga1122 eggingc1200 pricking?c1225 enticement1303 movinga1382 eggmentc1386 stirring1399 instinct1412 instigationc1422 motiona1425 provocationa1425 coyingc1440 ertingc1440 tollingc1440 artation1441 incitation1477 instinction1490 inhortationc1503 stimulation1526 abetment1533 onsetting1541 provokement?1545 incitament1579 stirring?c1580 irritation1589 incitement1594 spurring1611 to give foment to1613 fomenting1615 prompturea1616 proritation1615 urgea1618 exstimulation1626 fomentation1633 instinctment1661 spurning1672 impulsing1885 1613 R. Dallington Briefe Inference Guicciardines Digression 46 in Aphorismes Ciuill & Militarie To giue foment to treasons, and encouragement to Traitors..; what is this but to seeke the subuersion of the whole State? 1642 F. Quarles Observ. Princes & States 2 Long-settled humors give foment to the distemper when it breakes forth. 1658 R. Creshald Legacy 10 Which by the distemper gave Foment and force to the approaching Maladie. 1660 J. Cotgrave Muses Mistresse 7 What their licencious acts deserved have: These to give foment to their foul disease. 3. Unrest, agitation; an instance of this; = ferment n. 3.The reading foment in T. Jefferson Writings (1859) III. 527, cited at this sense by N.E.D. (1897) is an error; the 1992 edition of Jefferson's Papers reads ferment. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun] fever1340 motiona1398 quotidian?a1439 rufflea1535 commotion1581 fret1582 hurry1600 puddering1603 tumultuousnessa1617 trepidation1625 feverishness1638 boilingc1660 fermentationc1660 tumult1663 ferment1672 stickle1681 fuss1705 whirl1707 flurry1710 sweat1715 fluster1728 pucker1740 flutter1741 flustration1747 flutteration1753 tremor1753 swithera1768 twitteration1775 state1781 stew1806 scrow1808 tumultuating1815 flurrification1822 tew1825 purr1842 pirr1856 tête montée1859 go1866 faff1874 poultry flutter1876 palaver1878 thirl1879 razzle-dazzle1885 nervism1887 flurry-scurry1888 fikiness1889 foment1889 dither1891 swivet1892 flusterment1895 tither1896 overwroughtness1923 mania1925 stumer1932 tizzy1935 two and eight1938 snit1939 tizz1953 tiswas1960 wahala1966 1889 Vermont Watchman 9 Oct. 1/5 Nothing can be so potent in stilling religious foment. 1903 A. B. Dodd In Palaces Sultan 439 All Turkish society is more or less in a foment of anxiety, excitement, and intrigue. 2017 Daily Examiner (Grafton, New S. Wales) (Nexis) 24 May 19 A compelling account of the social, economic and political foment in Russia in the aftermath of..the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fomentv. Brit. /fə(ʊ)ˈmɛnt/, U.S. /foʊˈmɛnt/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s fomente, late Middle English– foment. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French fomenter; Latin fomentare. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French fomenter to apply fomentations to (13th cent. in Anglo-Norman, 1314 in continental French), (in extended use) to stimulate, encourage (1588 in the passage translated in quot. 1606 at sense 3), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin fomentare to apply fomentations to (4th cent.) < classical Latin fōmentum foment n. Compare slightly earlier fomentation n. and later fomentate v.Compare Catalan fomentar (14th cent.), Spanish fomentar (15th cent.), Portuguese fomentar (a1522), Italian fomentare (14th cent. in the medical sense, a1540 in extended use). 1. transitive. Medicine. To bathe or soak (a part of the body) with heated liquid; to apply a heated medicinal preparation, esp. in the form of a moistened poultice or pad of material, to (a part of the body). Occasionally also intransitive. Now rare. Cf. foment n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [verb (transitive)] > lubricate foment?a1425 liquor1573 lubrify1611 lubricate1623 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > treat hydropathically [verb (transitive)] > bathe, sprinkle, or foment beathc1000 foment?a1425 stupe1525 fomentate1559 embroche1575 pump1598 embrocate1628 irrigate1876 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 157^v Þe maner of remouyng [of ventose] is þat þe place be fomented [L. fomentetur]..with hote water. c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 165 (MED) Þanne fomente weel þe wounde wiþ hoot wiyn and drie it and leye to pulewis & pressuris of softe lynnen clooþ. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. liii. 147 Moreouer the wombe must be euaporated, and fomented with odiferous thinges. 1628 J. Woodall Viaticum 4 Foment not too long at any one time. 1642 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. xii. 47 Foment the place affected with the following foment. 1746 T. Short Medicina Britannica 2 For a Falling down of the Anus, foment with a Decoction of Plantain. 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 516 The breasts were frequently fomented. 1869 F. Fitzwygram Horses & Stables 160 The leg below the knee may be conveniently fomented by putting it in a deep bucket of warm water. 1987 M. Cameron Treasury Home Remedies 66 Dip cloths in hot water or tea and foment the part for 30 minutes each night and each morning. †2. transitive. To promote the growth or development of (something physical or physiological). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)] furtherc888 to bring onc1230 advancea1250 speeda1300 nourishc1300 avaunt1393 promotec1433 pasture?a1439 advantage?1459 promove1475 preferc1503 conduce1518 to set forth1528 to set forward(s)1530 to take forth1530 fillip1551 help1559 farther1570 foster1571 shoulder1577 to put forward1579 seconda1586 foment1596 hearten1598 to put on1604 fomentate1613 succeed1613 expeditea1618 producea1618 maturate1623 cultivate1641 encourage1677 push1693 forward1780 progress1780 admove1839 1596 T. Wright Disposition or Garnishmente Soule To Protestant Rdr. sig. B8 Againe they accuse you moste blasphemously, of folly & doultishnes, in expecting sweete grapes of that vyne, whiche neither was wattered with your grace, nor fomented with the celestiall heate of your fauour, nor sprinckled with the swete dew of your daily blessings. 1667 ‘Rege Sincera’ Observ. Burning of London 2 A violent Easterly winde fomented it, and kept it burning all that day. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 180 Plants receive from their Roots this Nitre, which feeds, foments and preserves them. 1835 Court Mag. June 248/1 Delirium had come on, and that deep sleep from which we reasonably anticipated the happiest effects, had only served apparently to foment the malady. 3. transitive. To stimulate, encourage, instigate (a sentiment, belief, pursuit, course of conduct, etc.); to incite. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > bring about by incitement stirc897 forthclepe?c1000 raisec1175 entice1297 rearc1325 excitea1340 arta1450 provocate?a1475 suscitate1528 to stir upc1530 provoke1535 store1552 concitea1555 upsteer1558 spirit1598 solicit1602 foment1606 fana1616 proritate1620 incite1627 ferment1660 spirita1680 brush1755 whip1805 to put (also set) (the) spurs to1819 fillipa1822 instigate1852 spark-plug1945 whomp1961 1606 J. Finet tr. R. de Lucinge Beginning, Continuance, & Decay Estates iii. xii. 153 The Mamelucks, who as neighbours might haue fomented [Fr. fomenter] and giuen intertainment to such differences, are now extinct and their name no more mentioned. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 20 Which Bruite was cunningly fomented by such as desired Innouation. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 226 Thy sire in solitude foments his care. 1771 J. W. Fletcher Second Check Antinom. iii. 64 Is not the antinomianism of hearers fomented by that of preachers? 1818 Republican Constellation (Winchester, Va.) 11 July 2/1 Gen. Jackson..obtained full proof that the Spanish authorities at Pensacola had been active in fomenting the Seminole war. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 75 To encourage indolence or foment extravagance. 1967 T. W. Blackburn Good Day to Die ii. 18 The wily old chief..was fomenting trouble and urging his people to cling to the old ways. 2016 Peninsula (Qatar) (Nexis) 8 Dec. They face the worst government clampdown in their history, with active members and groups accused of fomenting unrest during the 2011 uprising. †4. a. transitive. To rouse, excite, or agitate (a person or person's nature). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)] astirc1000 stir?c1225 araisec1374 entalentc1374 flamec1380 reara1382 raisec1384 commove1393 kindlea1400 fluster1422 esmove1474 talent1486 heavec1540 erect?1555 inflame1560 to set on gog1560 yark1565 tickle1567 flesh1573 concitate1574 rouse1574 warmc1580 agitate1587 spirit1598 suscitate1598 fermentate1599 nettle1599 startle1602 worka1616 exagitate1621 foment1621 flush1633 exacuatea1637 ferment1667 to work up1681 pique1697 electrify1748 rattle1781 pump1791 to touch up1796 excite1821 to key up1835 to steam up1909 jazz1916 steam1922 volt1930 whee1949 to fire up1976 geek1984 1621 P. Scot Table-bk. for Princes xv. 124 The flatterer either..contemnes the heauenly parts of the soule, or takes no notice of them at all; the terrestriall other parts, hee cunningly and couertly foments, vntill such time as the vse of reason is quite extinguished. 1641 R. Carpenter Experience, Hist., & Divinitie v. xix. 326 I was active..fomented with your envenomed suggestions. 1680 T. Otway Orphan iv. 45 Still Chaft, and Fomented, let my Heart swell on. 1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 234 By its Bitterness and Venom..to Foment the Genius of the Combatants. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 134 The old General, not to foment him, with a great deal of Mildness stood up. b. intransitive. To become excited or agitated. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > be or become excited [verb (intransitive)] stira1000 resea1250 to move one's blood (also mood)c1330 fluster1613 fever1632 foment1646 ferment1671 animate1779 self-excite1832 effervesce1850 to turn on1966 1646 W. Prynne Canterburies Doome 350 No sooner was that Parliament dissolved; but this Prelate, then Bishop of London, who fomented, protected him against the Parliament all he could. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 16 In like manner, this Doctor fomenteth, saying; The one stumbles upon an Alter-stone..over which the other leaped clearly. 1680 T. Otway Orphan v. 56 To think Of woman were enough to taint my Brains, Till they foment to madness! †5. transitive. To heat, warm (something). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] lew971 anheatOE heatc1000 warmOE hota1200 enchafec1374 eschaufec1374 chafea1382 achafea1400 calefy1526 heaten1559 glow1599 foment1658 to hot up1846 sultry1897 1658 P. Temple Mans Master-piece 42 The sparrow-hawke, who having held a sparrow under his wing to foment and heat his breast, he restores it to it's liberty. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 669 All things..these soft fires..foment and warme. View more context for this quotation 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) i. clv. 10 Creeps Chillness on him? She foments and heats His flesh. Derivatives foˈmented adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > incited or instigated spighta1387 cited1538 incitate1568 quickened1589 fomented1613 enact1843 spurred1868 irritated1875 1613 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 3) Fomented, nourished. 1622 H. Wotton Let. (modernized text) in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) II. 239 A well fomented diversion in these parts will do the King..as much good as a contribution. 1871 Health Reformer 5 177/1 The fomented parts should be well washed off with cool water. 2014 Metro (Scotl. ed.) (Nexis) 23 Apr. 46 Modern, idealistically indolent Britain couldn't be further away from the fomented frenzy of the 17th century. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398v.?a1425
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