单词 | fomentate |
释义 | fomentatev.ΘΚΠ 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 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 365 The sinewes, ioyntes, and other partes..are proffitably fomentated [L. fouentur]. 1569 R. Androse tr. ‘Alessio’ 4th Bk. Secretes i. 31 You must fomentate [It. fomentarai] them with a peece of a milstone burned and quenched in vineger. ?1771 J. Thompson Compl. Horse-doctor xxii. 104 After the parts have been well fomentated, let the following poultice be applied. 1866 London Lancet Apr. 250/1 To be wrapped in hot blankets, and to be fomentated with large flannels wrung out of boiling water until diaphoresis was effected and the cramps ceased. 1919 G. P. Mills & H. Humphreys Text-bk. Surg. Dental Students (ed. 2) ii. 41 After an abscess has been opened the wound is usually fomentated until the signs of acute inflammation have subsided. 2. transitive. To promote the development of; to instigate; to incite. Cf. foment v. 2, 3. In later use chiefly U.S. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate stirc897 putOE sputc1175 prokec1225 prickc1230 commovec1374 baitc1378 stingc1386 movea1398 eager?a1400 pokec1400 provokea1425 tollc1440 cheera1450 irritec1450 encourage1483 incite1483 harden1487 attice1490 pricklea1522 to set on1523 incense1531 irritate1531 animate1532 tickle1532 stomach1541 instigate1542 concitea1555 upsteer1558 urge1565 instimulate1570 whip1573 goad1579 raise1581 to set upa1586 to call ona1592 incitate1597 indarec1599 alarm1602 exstimulate1603 to put on1604 feeze1610 impulse1611 fomentate1613 emovec1614 animalize1617 stimulate1619 spura1644 trinkle1685 cite1718 to put up1812 prod1832 to jack up1914 goose1934 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 1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 85 The one a kingdome fomentated as a bar between you and the Portugals. 1659 Court Career 10 My actions were so clear and harmless, as they could not fomentate in you such distempers. 1887 Daily Tombstone (Arizona) Epitaph 27 Feb. 3/4 The British cabinet fear the Russians will then fomentate an internal strife in Coora. 1907 Western Field Jan. 900/1 For years Sacramento and its purlieus have been the acknowledged hot-bed of all the trouble fermented and fomentated against game protection. 1947 Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, Austral.) 5 June 2/6 The French Premier..alleged that the Communist Party had fomentated the epidemic of strikes in France. 1961 Clarion (Bethel Coll. & Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.) 25 May 2/1 The CIA fomentated invasion of Cuba. 2013 J. P. Blaylock Aylesford Skull vi. 58 Mother Laswell told me it was him, you see, come back home after all these years to finish what he fomentated as a boy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1559 |
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