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perfricates

perfricates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of perfricate.

Meaning of perfricate

Verb

perfricate (third-person singular simple present perfricates, present participle perfricating, simple past and past participle perfricated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To rub over.
    • […] they differ from embrocations, only in not being intended, like them, to be copiously used in washing or perfricating the part on which they are applied […]1761, Robert Dossie, Theory and Practice of Chirurgical Pharmacy

Questions about perfricates

What is perfricates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Perfricates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of perfricate.

Words near perfricates in the dictionary

  1. performings
  2. performs
  3. perfosfamide
  4. perfricate
  5. perfricated
  6. perfricates
  7. perfricating
  8. perfrication
  9. perfrications
  10. perfriction
  11. perfrictions

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