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EMBROCATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they embrocate ... he / she / it embrocates
Past simple: embrocated
Past participle: embrocated
-ing form: embrocating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
Synonyms:
anele; anoint; embrocate; inunct; oil
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "embrocate" is one way to...):
bless (give a benediction to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Derivation:
embrocation (a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain)
