Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Embrocate

Embrocate , transitive verb

[New Latin embrocatus, past participle of embrocare; compare Greek {not transcribed} lotion, fomentation, from {not transcribed} to foment; {not transcribed} in + {not transcribed} to wet.]

(Medicine) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.