Fo·ment v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fomented; p. pr. & vb. n. Fomenting.]
 1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
 2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.]
    Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm.   --Milton.
 3. 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.
             But quench the choler you foment in vain.   --Dryden.
            Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion.   --Southey.