EMBROCATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does embrocate mean? 

• EMBROCATE (verb)
  The verb EMBROCATE has 1 sense:

1. administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

  Familiarity information: EMBROCATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBROCATE (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

anele; anoint; embrocate; inunct; oil

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)