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Embrocate

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To rub (a diseased part) with a moistened or liquid substance, usually an oil, on a cloth or sponge. archaic, transitive
  2. 2
    administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing wordnet

Etymology

From Medieval Latin embrocatus, past participle of Late Latin embrocare, from embrocha, from Ancient Greek ἐμβροχή (embrokhḗ, “lotion, fomentation”).

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