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Odorate

//ˈəʊdəɹət// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    odorous obsolete

    "where there is heat and strength enough in the plant to make the leaves odorate , there the smell of the flower is rather evanid and weaker than that of the leaves"

Noun
  1. 1
    A fragrant substance; perfume. obsolete

    "A transcendent perfume made of the richest odorates of both the Indies, kept in a book made of the Muschie stone of Niarienburg […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin odoratus, past participle of odorare (“to perfume”), from odor (“odor”).

Etymology 2

From Latin odoratus, past participle of odorare (“to perfume”), from odor (“odor”).

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