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Webster 1913 Edition
Odorate
O′dor-ate
,Adj.
[L.
odoratus
, p. p. of odorare
to perfume, fr. odor
odor.] Odorous.
[Obos.]
Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Odorate
O'DORATE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
odorate
odorate
English
Adjective
odorate (comparative more odorate, superlative most odorate)
- (obsolete) odorous
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
Noun
odorate (plural odorates)
- (obsolete) A fragrant substance; perfume.
- Sir Thomas Browne
- A transcendent perfume made of the richest odorates of both the Indies, kept in a book made of the Muschie stone of Niarienburg […]
- 1821, Richard Franck, Northern Memoirs, Calculated for the Meridian of Scotland
- And must this be our exercise to trample the beautiful banks and the florid meadows of famous Trent, to rifle her fords for diversion, and sweeten our senses with fragrant odorates that perfume the air?
- Sir Thomas Browne