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Fomentation

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

fo·ment (f-mnt)
tr.v. fo·ment·ed, fo·ment·ing, fo·ments
1. To promote the growth of; incite.
2. To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation.
Over the past week, I’ve heard and read the western media repeatedly use this word in reference to Iran. I comes from Middle English fomenten: “to apply warm liquids to the skin.” At [...]

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