See Also: foment(medicine)
foment(1)(dictionary)
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foment(dictionary)

Jesuitize (iou) and foment(2) (iou)


Jesuitize (iou)



Jesuitize verb. Also Jesuitise. E17.
[from JESUIT noun + -IZE.]
verb trans. Imbue with Jesuit principles; make Jesuitical. E17.
verb intrans. Behave like a Jesuit; propound Jesuitical doctrines. E17.

foment(2) (iou)



foment verb trans. LME.
[Old & mod. French fomenter from late Latin fomentare, from Latin fomentum lotion, poultice, from fovere heat, cherish.]
Bathe or poultice with fomentations; apply a fomentation to. LME.
a. Foster, stimulate, or instigate (a sentiment, a course of conduct, sedition, etc.). E17.
E. Longford Strong hostility to Wellington was being fomented in the House of Lords. V. Glendinning She..orchestrated and fomented the quarrels and alliances of her..young men.
b. Promote the growth, development, effect, or spread of (something physical). arch. M17.
Excite, irritate. M17-E18.
Warm. Only in M17.
fomenter noun E16.