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English
Etymology
From Middle English cerate, cerote, from Latin cērātum, from cēra (“wax”).
Noun
cerate (plural cerates)
- (medicine, archaic or historical) An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
- (inorganic chemistry) The anion CeO32- of cerium.
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Italian
Adjective
cerate
- feminine plural of cerato
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Latin
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Verb
cērāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of cērō
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