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Definition of embrocate in English: embrocateverb ˈɛmbrəkeɪt [with object]rare Bathe (a diseased or painful part of the body) with liquid. Example sentencesExamples - Two hours after this, the flesh about the wound was cut out, and the part burnt with a hot iron, and the arm embrocated with warm oil.
- He had frequently seen the backs of sailors, who had been flogged, embrocated with Salted Brandy.
- Embrocate the part affected with your hand, warmed, for a quarter of an hour.
- Embrocating the arm with oil only abated the swelling.
- If the skin be very tense, it may be embrocated with a mixture of three fourths of oil of roses, and one fourth of common vinegar.
Synonyms rub, rub down, knead, palpate, manipulate, pummel, work
Origin Early 17th century: from medieval Latin embrocat-, from the verb embrocare, based on Greek embrokhē 'lotion'. |