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- ️Wed Jul 01 2015
tr.v., -ment·ed, -ment·ing, -ments.
- To promote the growth of; incite.
- To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation.
[Middle English fomenten, to apply warm liquids to the skin, from Old French fomenter, from Late Latin fōmentāre, from Latin fōmentum, poultice, from fovēre, to warm.]
fomenter fo·ment'er n.
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - lægge varmt omslag på, fremkalde, ophidse til
Nederlands (Dutch)
met warme kompressen behandelen, ophitsen/ stimuleren
Français (French)
v. tr. - (Méd, fig) fomenter
Deutsch (German)
v. - schüren, warm baden
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επιθέτω κατάπλασμα, υποδαυλίζω
Português (Portuguese)
v. - fomentar
Русский (Russian)
разжигать, подстрекать
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - fomentar, instigar, provocar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - uppamma, badda
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
挑起, 煽动, 激起, 热敷
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 挑起, 煽動, 激起, 熱敷
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (불화를) 조장하다, 덥게 하다, 찜질하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 湿布する, 醸成する, 誘発する, 助長する
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - טיפח (איבה), שם רטייה חמה, חבש, חירחר, חימם, עשה אמבט רפואי חם
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