| foment | | |
| v. (social) | 1. agitate, foment, stir up | try to stir up public opinion. |
| ~ provoke, stimulate | provide the needed stimulus for. |
| ~ rumpus | cause a disturbance. |
| v. (body) | 2. foment | bathe with warm water or medicated lotions.; "His legs should be fomented" |
| ~ bath, bathe | clean one's body by immersion into water.; "The child should bathe every day" |
| instigate | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. incite, instigate, set off, stir up | provoke or stir up.; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people" |
| ~ provoke, stimulate | provide the needed stimulus for. |
| ~ raise | activate or stir up.; "raise a mutiny" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| v. (communication) | 2. inspire, instigate, prompt | serve as the inciting cause of.; "She prompted me to call my relatives" |
| ~ cause, induce, stimulate, make, get, have | cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" |
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