单词	fomentation
释义	fomentfo‧ment /fəʊˈment $ foʊ-/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINfoment Origin: 1300-1400 Late Latin fomentare, from Latin fovere ‘to make warm’ Verb Table VERB TABLE foment Simple Form Present I, you, we, they foment he, she, it foments Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they fomented Present perfect I, you, we, they have fomented he, she, it has fomented Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had fomented Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will foment Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have fomented Continuous Form Present I am fomenting he, she, it is fomenting you, we, they are fomenting Past I, he, she, it was fomenting you, we, they were fomenting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been fomenting he, she, it has been fomenting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been fomenting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be fomenting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been fomenting Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Every two blocks or so he would leave the parade to renew an old acquaintanceship or foment a new one. For more years than I care to recall, the media have served as a willing accessory in fomenting environmental hysteria. He hosted the meetings where the rebellion was fomented which ousted Mrs Thatcher from power. Large sums of money have been expended in creating and fomenting prejudice and ill feeling against us. The old quarrel, sprung from a tract of land in dispute, had been fomented by many acts of hostility since. The tepid federal response to the assault and murder of civil rights workers engaged in nonviolent activities fomented distrust. foment revolution/trouble/discord etc formal to cause trouble and make people start fighting each other or opposing the government SYN  stir up:  They were accused of fomenting rebellion.—fomentation /ˌfəʊmenˈteɪʃən, -mən- $ ˌfoʊ-/ noun [uncountable]
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