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embrocate
verb
[ ˈɛmbrəkeɪt ]
• bathe (a diseased or painful part of the body) with liquid.
Origin:
early 17th century: from medieval Latin embrocat-, from the verb embrocare, based on Greek embrokhē ‘lotion’.
