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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Macerate \Mac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Macerated}; p. pr &
vb n. {Macerating}.] [L. maceratus p. p. of macerare to
make soft, weaken, enervate; cf Gr ? to knead.]
1. To make lean; to cause to waste away [Obs. or R.]
--Harvey.
2. To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to
mortify. --Baker.
3. To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat;
to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as to
macerate animal or vegetable fiber.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
macerate
v 1: become soft or disintegrate as a result of excessive
soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water"
2: soften and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate
peaches"
3: cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
[syn: {waste}, {emaciate}]
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