foment
verb
[ fə(ʊ)ˈmɛnt ]
• instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action).
• "they accused him of fomenting political unrest"
Similar:
instigate,
incite,
provoke,
agitate,
excite,
stir up,
whip up,
arouse,
inspire,
encourage,
urge,
actuate,
initiate,
generate,
cause,
prompt,
start,
bring about,
kindle,
spark off,
trigger off,
touch off,
fan the flames of,
enkindle,
effectuate,
• bathe (a part of the body) with warm or medicated lotions.
Origin:
late Middle English (in foment (sense 2)): from French fomenter, from late Latin fomentare, from Latin fomentum ‘poultice, lotion’, from fovere ‘to heat, cherish’.
