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lubricating
lu·bri·cate L0278000 (lo͞o′brĭ-kāt′)v. lu·bri·cat·ed, lu·bri·cat·ing, lu·bri·cates v.tr.1. To apply a lubricant to or make slippery: She lubricated the bike chain.2. To facilitate or make easier: tried to lubricate the relations between ambassadors.3. To cause to feel cheerful and sociable by the consumption of alcohol: I waited until he was lubricated to tell him the news.v.intr. To act as a lubricant.
[Latin lūbricāre, lūbricāt-, from lūbricus, slippery; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.]
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