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Verb: foment  fow'ment or 'fow,ment
  1. Try to stir up public opinion
    - agitate, stir up
     
  2. [archaic] Bathe with warm water or medicated lotions
    "His legs should be fomented"

Derived forms: fomented, fomenting, foments

See also: shake

Type of: bathe, provoke, stimulate