Macerate

['mæsəreɪt]

Definition

(verb.) soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; 'macerate peaches'; 'the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system'.

(verb.) become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; 'the tissue macerated in the water'.

(verb.) separate into constituents by soaking.

Checked by Karol--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To make lean; to cause to waste away.

(v. t.) To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.

(v. t.) 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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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Mortify, make lean, wear away.[2]. Soften (by steeping), steep, soak, digest.

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Definition

v.t. to steep: to soften by steeping: to make lean: to mortify.—n. Macerā′tion act of softening by steeping: mortification of the flesh by fasting and other severe modes of living.

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