embrocate

American  

[em-broh-keyt, -bruh-] / ˈɛm broʊˌkeɪt, -brə- /

verb (used with object)

embrocated, embrocating

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

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embrocate British  

/ ˈɛmbrəʊˌkeɪt /

verb

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

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Etymology

Origin of embrocate

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

Example Sentences

On my way to the exit, a woman stops me to embrocate the back of my hand with gel.

From The Guardian

Be that as it may, the newspapers have teemed with his 'injuria formæ,' and he has been embrocated, and invisible to all but the apothecary ever since.

From Project Gutenberg

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