1. foment - Noun
2. foment - Verb
To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
To cherish with heat; to foster.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation. Abigail Adams
I do see myself as aiming to foment some kind of revolution. Martin Firrell
Shame on accursed tsarism which tortured and persecuted the Jews. Shame on those who foment hatred towards the Jews, who foment hatred towards other nations. Vladimir Lenin
There is a paranoid streak in American life. Radio talk show hosts tend to foment that paranoid streak in American life. Alan Dershowitz
Must stay there and also foment war and revolt against England. Doesn't he yet know of the intended alliance, under which he is to be Commander in Chief?! Wilhelm II of Germany
Successive American presidents have turned a blind eye to piles of evidence that Saudi money is being used to foment holy war against America. Stephen Kinzer