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Macerate

Macerate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Macerate? [v] cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him" [v] soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system" [v] become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water" [v] separate into constituents by soaking Synonyms \| Synonyms for Macerate: emaciate \| waste Related Terms \| Find terms related to Macerate: agonize \| attenuate \| bathe \| bloody \| brew \| chew \| claw \| consume \| convulse \| crucify \| crush \| douche \| drench \| drouk \| dry up \| emacerate \| emaciate \| excruciate \| flush \| harrow \| imbrue \| imbue \| impale \| impregnate \| infiltrate \| infuse \| inject \| kill by inches \| lacerate \| lancinate \| lave \| leach \| lixiviate \| martyr \| martyrize \| mash \| masticate \| parch \| percolate \| permeate \| preshrink \| pulp \| pulpify \| punish \| rack \| rinse \| rip \| Sanforize \| saturate \| savage \| scarify \| sear \| seethe \| shrink \| shrivel \| smash \| soak \| sodden \| sop \| souse \| squash \| steep \| thin \| torment \| torture \| wash \| waste \| waste away \| waterlog \| weazen \| wither \| wizen \| wring See Also \| debilitate \| douse \| dowse \| drain \| drench \| enfeeble \| separate \| soak \| soften \| sop \| souse Macerate In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Macerate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Macerate?

[v] cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
[v] soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"
[v] become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water"
[v] separate into constituents by soaking

Synonyms | Synonyms for Macerate: emaciate | waste

Macerate In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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