Definition of cerate

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Cerate (n.) An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin..

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Soak :: Soak (v. t.) To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like..
Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
Mangle :: Mangle (v. t.) To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate..
Ulcerate :: Ulcerate (v. t.) To affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers..
Sour :: Sour (v. t.) To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes..
Cerote :: Cerote (n.) See Cerate.
Disincarcerate :: Disincarcerate (v. t.) To liberate from prison.
Inviscerate :: Inviscerate (a.) Deep-seated; internal.
Cerate :: Cerate (n.) An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin..
Pultaceous :: Pultaceous (a.) Macerated; softened; nearly fluid.
Exenterate :: Exenterate (v. t.) To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes..
Intemerament :: Intemerament (n.) A bad state; as, the intemperament of an ulcerated part..
Viscerate :: Viscerate (v. t.) To deprive of the viscera, or entrails; to eviscerate; to disembowel..
Glycerate :: Glycerate (n.) A salt of glyceric acid.
Lacerate :: Lacerate (p. a.) Alt. of Lacerate.
Cancerate :: Cancerate (v. i.) To grow into a canser; to become cancerous.
Steep :: Steep (v. t.) To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively..
Immure :: Immure (v. t.) To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate..
Dismember :: Dismember (v. t.) To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.
Incarcerate :: Incarcerate (v. t.) To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.
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