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View synonyms for embrocate

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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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
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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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