Available Definitions:
1) v. t. - To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.
2) v. t. - To cherish with heat; to foster.
3) v. t. - To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors.