foment

foment has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• v. t.. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
• v. t.. To cherish with heat; to foster.
• v. t.. 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.
• v.. bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented"
• v.. try to stir up public opinion