cam-phorate

verb (used with object), cam·phor·at·ed, cam·phor·at·ing.

to impregnate with camphor.

Origin:
1635–45; < Medieval Latin camphorātus, equivalent to camphor(a) camphor + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

un·cam·phor·at·ed, adjective

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camphorate (ˈkæmfəˌreɪt)

—vb
	(tr) to apply, treat with, or impregnate with camphor

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