macerate.
To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by (or as if by) soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.
Meaning & usage
To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by (or as if by) soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.
To reduce solids to small pieces (in a macerator).
To make lean; to cause to waste away.
To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
To mortify the flesh in general.
past participle of macerate
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin mācerātus, perfect passive participle of mācerō (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from Proto-Indo-European *mag-, *mak- (“to knead”), whence make. Cognate with French macérer.
A macerated substance.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin mācerātus, perfect passive participle of mācerō (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from Proto-Indo-European *mag-, *mak- (“to knead”), whence make. Cognate with French macérer.
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