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macero.

to soften, make tender by soaking or steeping

6 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈmaː.kɛ.roː]Classical-Latin[ˈmaː.t͡ʃe.ro]
  1. to soften, make tender by soaking or steeping

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  2. to weaken, waste away

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  3. to vex, torment, distress

    conjugation-1 · figuratively
  4. to mortify (discipline, chastise, or subject to severe privation for the atonement of sins)

    Medieval-Latin · conjugation-1
  5. to torture

    Medieval-Latin · conjugation-1
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱeseh₂ti, from *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “knead”), Lithuanian makonė, Old Church Slavonic мокръ (mokrŭ, “wet”), Russian мочи́ть (močítʹ, “to wet”).

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