Foment
Foment verb - To bring (something volatile or intense) into being.
Usage example: John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would “foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation”
Nearby Words: fomentation, fomenting
Fire
Fire verb - To give life, vigor, or spirit to.
Usage example: a school outing to the natural history museum fired his imagination, and he grew up to become an eminent paleontologist
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