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bombax(dictionary)
foment(medicine)
foment(1)(dictionary)
foment(2)(dictionary)
foment(dictionary)

foment(2) (iou) and bombax (iou)


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.

bombax (iou)



bombax noun1. M19.
[mod. Latin from Latin BOMBYX.]
Any deciduous tropical tree of the genus Bombax, bearing fruit containing seeds surrounded by a silky fibre; esp. the Indian silk-cotton tree, B. ceiba.