From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfomentfo‧ment /fəʊˈment $ foʊ-/ verb → foment revolution/trouble/discord etc —fomentation /ˌfəʊmenˈteɪʃən, -mən- $ ˌfoʊ-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
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foment• Every two blocks or so he would leave the parade to renew an old acquaintanceship or foment a new one.• The old quarrel, sprung from a tract of land in dispute, had been fomented by many acts of hostility since.• The tepid federal response to the assault and murder of civil rights workers engaged in nonviolent activities fomented distrust.• For more years than I care to recall, the media have served as a willing accessory in fomenting environmental hysteria.• Large sums of money have been expended in creating and fomenting prejudice and ill feeling against us.• He hosted the meetings where the rebellion was fomented which ousted Mrs Thatcher from power.Origin foment (1300-1400) Late Latin fomentare, from Latin fovere “to make warm” 