cerate

From Middle English cerate, cerote, from Latin cērātum, from cēra (“wax”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix)

cerate (plural cerates)

1. (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.
2. (inorganic chemistry) The anion CeO₃^2- of cerium.

• & cetera, Cartee, create, creäte, ecarte, tracee, écarté

cerate

1. feminine plural of cerato

• create, recate, tacere

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [keːˈraː.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃeˈraː.t̪e]

cērāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of cērō

• cetera