lubricate

Borrowed from Latin lubricatus, past participle of lubricare (“to make slippery”), from lubricus (“slippery”).

lubricate (third-person singular simple present lubricates, present participle lubricating, simple past and past participle lubricated)

1. To make slippery or smooth (normally to minimize friction) by applying a lubricant.

• lube

• lubricant
• lubrication
• lube

• lubricity

• lubricate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lubricate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• lubricate at OneLook Dictionary Search

lūbricāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of lūbricō