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EMBROCATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does embrocate mean?
• EMBROCATE (verb)
The verb EMBROCATE has 1 sense:
1. administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
Familiarity information: EMBROCATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: embrocated
Past participle: embrocated
-ing form: embrocating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
anele; anoint; embrocate; inunct; oil
Hypernyms (to "embrocate" is one way to...):
bless (give a benediction to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Derivation:
embrocation (a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain)
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