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Macerate

Macerate Meaning & Definition
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.

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