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Webster 1913 Edition
Embrocate
Em′bro-cate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Embrocated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Embrocating
.] [NL.
embrocatus
, p. p. of embrocare
; cf. Gr. [GREEK] lotion, fomentation, fr. [GREEK] to foment; [GREEK] in + [GREEK] to wet.] (Med.)
To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
Webster 1828 Edition
Embrocate
EM'BROCATE
,Verb.
T.
In surgery and medicine, to moisten and rub a diseased part of the body, with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, &c., by means of a cloth or spunge.