▪ I. camphorate, n. Chem.
(ˈkæmfərət)
In 8 -at.
[see next, and -ate4.]
A salt of camphoric acid.
| 1794 G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. App. 547 Camphorats..white and transparent, bitterish..crystals irregular. 1800 tr. Lagrange's Chem. II. 244 The camphoric acid unites readily with earths and alkalies. Combinations of this kind are called Camphorates. 1874 Schorlemmer Carbon Comp. 306 Calcium Camphorate..is readily soluble in water. |
▪ II. camphorate, a. ? Obs.
(ˈkæmfərət)
[ad. med.L. camphorāt-us: see -ate2.]
Camphorated.
| a 1691 Boyle Wks. I. 433 (R.) Shaking the saline and camphorate liquors together. 1710 T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 94 A Camphorate Draught. |
▪ III. camphorate, v.
(ˈkæmfəreɪt)
[f. as prec. + -ate3.]
To impregnate or treat with camphor.
| 1641 French Distill. ii. (1651) 54 Crollius his Treakle water Camphorated. 1712 tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 182 Spirit of Wine camphorated. 1812 Month. Rev. LXXIX. 181 Who would..camphorate an ephemeron for immortality? |
Hence ˈcamphorated ppl. a.
| 1743–4 Mrs. Delany Life & Corr. (1861) II. 256 One ounce of Castille soap dissolved in half a pint of camphorated spirits of wine. 1786 tr. Beckford's Vathek (1834) 88 Two large torches..the camphorated vapour of which ascended and gathered itself into a cloud. 1811 A. T. Thomson Lond. Disp. (1818) 324 Camphoretted oil of turpentine. 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 173 A fragrant camphorated smell. |