请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 fomentate
释义

fomentatev.

Brit. /ˈfəʊmənteɪt/, U.S. /ˈfoʊmənˌteɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin fomentat-, fomentare.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin fomentat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of fomentare foment v. Compare earlier foment v., fomentation n.
1. transitive. Medicine. To apply a heated therapeutic preparation, esp. in the form of a moistened poultice or pad of material, to (a part of the body); to bathe or soak with heated liquid; = foment v. 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > treat hydropathically [verb (transitive)] > bathe, sprinkle, or foment
beathc1000
foment?a1425
stupe1525
fomentate1559
embroche1575
pump1598
embrocate1628
irrigate1876
1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 365 The sinewes, ioyntes, and other partes..are proffitably fomentated [L. fouentur].
1569 R. Androse tr. ‘Alessio’ 4th Bk. Secretes i. 31 You must fomentate [It. fomentarai] them with a peece of a milstone burned and quenched in vineger.
?1771 J. Thompson Compl. Horse-doctor xxii. 104 After the parts have been well fomentated, let the following poultice be applied.
1866 London Lancet Apr. 250/1 To be wrapped in hot blankets, and to be fomentated with large flannels wrung out of boiling water until diaphoresis was effected and the cramps ceased.
1919 G. P. Mills & H. Humphreys Text-bk. Surg. Dental Students (ed. 2) ii. 41 After an abscess has been opened the wound is usually fomentated until the signs of acute inflammation have subsided.
2. transitive. To promote the development of; to instigate; to incite. Cf. foment v. 2, 3. In later use chiefly U.S. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate
stirc897
putOE
sputc1175
prokec1225
prickc1230
commovec1374
baitc1378
stingc1386
movea1398
eager?a1400
pokec1400
provokea1425
tollc1440
cheera1450
irritec1450
encourage1483
incite1483
harden1487
attice1490
pricklea1522
to set on1523
incense1531
irritate1531
animate1532
tickle1532
stomach1541
instigate1542
concitea1555
upsteer1558
urge1565
instimulate1570
whip1573
goad1579
raise1581
to set upa1586
to call ona1592
incitate1597
indarec1599
alarm1602
exstimulate1603
to put on1604
feeze1610
impulse1611
fomentate1613
emovec1614
animalize1617
stimulate1619
spura1644
trinkle1685
cite1718
to put up1812
prod1832
to jack up1914
goose1934
the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)]
furtherc888
to bring onc1230
advancea1250
speeda1300
nourishc1300
avaunt1393
promotec1433
pasture?a1439
advantage?1459
promove1475
preferc1503
conduce1518
to set forth1528
to set forward(s)1530
to take forth1530
fillip1551
help1559
farther1570
foster1571
shoulder1577
to put forward1579
seconda1586
foment1596
hearten1598
to put on1604
fomentate1613
succeed1613
expeditea1618
producea1618
maturate1623
cultivate1641
encourage1677
push1693
forward1780
progress1780
admove1839
1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 85 The one a kingdome fomentated as a bar between you and the Portugals.
1659 Court Career 10 My actions were so clear and harmless, as they could not fomentate in you such distempers.
1887 Daily Tombstone (Arizona) Epitaph 27 Feb. 3/4 The British cabinet fear the Russians will then fomentate an internal strife in Coora.
1907 Western Field Jan. 900/1 For years Sacramento and its purlieus have been the acknowledged hot-bed of all the trouble fermented and fomentated against game protection.
1947 Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, Austral.) 5 June 2/6 The French Premier..alleged that the Communist Party had fomentated the epidemic of strikes in France.
1961 Clarion (Bethel Coll. & Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.) 25 May 2/1 The CIA fomentated invasion of Cuba.
2013 J. P. Blaylock Aylesford Skull vi. 58 Mother Laswell told me it was him, you see, come back home after all these years to finish what he fomentated as a boy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
v.1559
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/21 12:48:02