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embrocate

embrocate verb: to rub (a diseased part) with a moistened or liquid substance, usually an oil, on a cloth or sponge.

Verb

embrocate (third-person singular simple present embrocates, present participle embrocating, simple past and past participle embrocated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To rub (a diseased part) with a moistened or liquid substance, usually an oil, on a cloth or sponge.

embrocate meaning in Arabic

embrocate in Arabic

to moisten with a liquid substance
دَلَّكَ dallaka

Forms of embrocate

third-person singular presentembrocates
present participleembrocating
past participleembrocated
pastembrocated

Origin of embrocate

From Medieval Latin embrocatus, past participle of Late Latin embrocare, from embrocha, from Ancient Greek ἐμβροχή (embrokhḗ, “lotion, fomentation”).

Questions about embrocate

What does embrocate mean?
Embrocate means to rub (a diseased part) with a moistened or liquid substance, usually an oil, on a cloth or sponge.
What is embrocate in Arabic?
Embrocate in Arabic is دَلَّكَ (dallaka). See Embrocate meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is embrocate?
Embrocate is a verb.
What is the past tense of embrocate?
The past tense of embrocate is embrocated.

Words near embrocate in the dictionary

  1. embrittling
  2. embroaden
  3. embroadened
  4. embroadening
  5. embroadens
  6. embrocate
  7. embrocated
  8. embrocates
  9. embrocating
  10. embrocation
  11. embrocations

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