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Is 'forment' a word? (And I don't mean 'ferment', please?) See details...?

My online dictionary says that 'forment' is 'not found' in the dictionary (Webster's) Do you have a dictionary that includes this word? I swear-to-gawd I've seen this word before, and I take it to mean malicious plotting; unfolding with pre-planning. (A bit different from the meaning for 'ferment'.) So..... anyone? Thanks.....

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  • 1 decade ago
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    To "foment" means, literally, to warm or heat up. It is, figuratively, to incite. For example, to forment fear.

    I found this above sentence on a website at Medicine.com

    They used foment and forment in the same sentence

    See my source where the sentence is

  • Marie
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Just because people don't stay married for life does not mean the definition has changed.I think in the past couples remained together because they were in love some only stayed together because it was expected. Domestic violence was accepted if it was kept behind closed doors.It never was a healthy environment for the spouse or their children.I suppose if the abuser kills or physically scars or kills their partner as long as they stay married. What message does this send to their children.What about arranged marriages or marriages of convenience.What happens when your spouse commits adultery is that showing love and lifetime commitment. his/her spouse.A wedding ring and a marriage ceremony do not guarantee anything.The definition of marriage varies by culture and different eras in time. A marriage is a union of two people who love each other .Please define proper. EDIT For those quoting the Bible Mary was Joseph's espoused wife , which is along the lines of being engaged but not married. So does that mean common law arrangements are okay ? Just wondering.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Define Foment

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    6 years ago

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    Is 'forment' a word? (And I don't mean 'ferment', please?) See details...?

    My online dictionary says that 'forment' is 'not found' in the dictionary (Webster's) Do you have a dictionary that includes this word? I swear-to-gawd I've seen this word before, and I take it to mean malicious plotting; unfolding with pre-planning. (A bit different from the meaning for...

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

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    ya really these words have lost there meaning because now people have become more selfish. they are only worried about themselves. now people use this word very often. they use it for fun even if they do not really love the person. so in today's world they have lost their importance. there is also another reason for it. these days boys and girls make relations and do commitment for fun. they play with each others emotion. earlier these words held so much importance.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    All the people asking if he meant, "foment" are idiots who add zero to the topic. I'm sure he knows that word.

  • 1 decade ago

    I think you mean "Foment":

    –verb (used with object) 1. to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble; to foment discontent.

    2. to apply warm water or medicated liquid, ointments, etc., to (the surface of the body).

  • 1 decade ago

    perhaps you mean FOMENT : to promote the growth or development of : rouse , incite <foment a rebellion>

    synonyms: incite

  • 1 decade ago

    The word is "foment" as in to foment a revolution.

  • 1 decade ago

    Never heard of it and neither has dictionary.com What about FOMENT?

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