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Webster 1913 Edition
Macerate
Mac′er-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Macerated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Macerating
.] [L.
maceratus
, p. p. of macerare
to make soft, weaken, enervate; cf. Gr. [GREEK] 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 fiberWebster 1828 Edition
Macerate
MAC'ERATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make lean; to wear away.2.
To mortify; to harass with corporeal hardships; to cause to pine or waste away. Out of excessive zeal they macerate their bodies and impair their health.
3.
To steep almost to solution; to soften and separate the parts of a substance by steeping it in a fluid, or by the digestive process. So we say, food is macerated in the stomach.Definition 2025
macerate
macerate
English
Verb
macerate (third-person singular simple present macerates, present participle macerating, simple past and past participle macerated)
- To soften (something) or separate (something) into pieces by soaking (it) in a heated or unheated liquid.
- (obsolete) To make lean; to cause to waste away.
- (obsolete) To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
Translations
to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
to make lean, cause to waste away
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Noun
macerate (plural macerates)
- A macerated substance.
References
- macerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Notes:
- ↑ The American heritage dictionary of Indo-European roots By Calvert Watkins, p. 50, "mag-" entry, item 5