The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain by relaxing the skin, or of discussing (dispersing) tumours.

To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate. / (medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.

Fomentation.

present participle of foment

One who incites or promotes.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foment

simple past tense and past participle of foment

plural of fomenter

plural of fomentation

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of foment