embrocate

== English == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin embrocatus, past participle of Late Latin embrocare, from embrocha, from Ancient Greek ἐμβροχή (embrokhḗ, “lotion, fomentation”). === Verb === embrocate (third-person singular simple present embrocates, present participle embrocating, simple past and past participle embrocated) (medicine, archaic, transitive) To rub (a diseased part) with a moistened or liquid substance, usually an oil, on a cloth or sponge. ==== Related terms ==== embrocation ==== Translations ==== === References === “embrocate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.