Sunday, March 16, 2008

Word of the Week #8

foment \foh-MENT; FOH-ment\, transitive verb:
1. To nurse to life or activity; to incite; to abet; to instigate; -- often in a bad sense.

New Attacks Foment Fear in Afghanistan

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/12/AR2006041201823.html

I could feel the hatred foment around me as I took the opposing opinion.

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