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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition

FOMENT

transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, to apply a warm substance to, from Late Latin fomentare, from Latin fomentum compress, from fovēre to heat, soothe; akin to Lithuanian degti to burn, Sanskrit dahati it burns
Date: circa 1613
to promote the growth or development of ; rouse , incite , see: incite fomenter noun