embrocate
pronunciation
How to pronounce embrocate in British English:
UK ['embrəkeɪt]
How to pronounce embrocate in American English:
US ['embroʊˌkeɪt]
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- Verb:
- administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
Word Origin
- embrocate (v.)
- 1610s, from Medieval Latin embrocatus, past participle of embrocare, from Late Latin embrocha, from Greek embrokhe "lotion, fomentation," from embrekhein "to soak in, foment," from assimilated form of en (see en- (2)) + brekhein "to water, wet, rain, send rain," related to brokhe "rain," from PIE root *mergh- "to wet, sprinkle, rain." Related: Embrocated; embrocating; embrocation (early 15c.).