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macerate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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