embrocate

[ em-broh-keyt, -bruh- ]

verb (used with object)

, em·bro·cat·ed, em·bro·cat·ing.

1. to moisten and rub with a liniment or lotion.

embrocate

/ ˈɛmbrəʊˌkeɪt /

verb

1. tr to apply a liniment or lotion to (a part of the body)

Word History and Origins

Origin of embrocate¹

1605–15; < Medieval Latin embrocātus (past participle of embrocāre ), equivalent to Late Latin embroch ( a ) (< Greek embrochḗ infusion, equivalent to em- em- ² + brochḗ a making wet) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of embrocate¹

C17: from Medieval Latin embrocāre, from embrocha poultice, from Greek embrokhē lotion, infusion, from brokhē a moistening

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