Definition of macerate

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

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Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
Macerated :: Macerated (imp. & p. p.) of Macerat.
Soak :: Soak (v. t.) To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like..
Steep :: Steep (v. t.) To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively..
Pultaceous :: Pultaceous (a.) Macerated; softened; nearly fluid.
Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To make lean; to cause to waste away.
Emacerate :: Emacerate (v. t. & i.) To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate.
Sour :: Sour (v. t.) To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes..
Pasteboard :: Pasteboard (n.) A stiff thick kind of paper board, formed of several single sheets pasted one upon another, or of paper macerated and pressed into molds, etc..
Macerate :: Macerate (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..
Macerater :: Macerater (n.) One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp..
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