MACERATE

waste, emaciate, macerate

(verb) cause to grow thin or weak; “The treatment emaciated him”

macerate

(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”

macerate

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

macerate

(verb) separate into constituents by soaking

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

macerate (third-person singular simple present macerates, present participle macerating, simple past and past participle macerated)

To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.

(archaic) To make lean; to cause to waste away.

(obsolete) To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.

(obsolete) To mortify the flesh in general.

Noun

macerate (plural macerates)

A macerated substance.

Anagrams

• camerate, cream tea, racemate

Source: Wiktionary

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Mac"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Macerating.] Etym: [L. maceratus, p. p. of macerare to make soft, weaken, enervate; cf. Gr.

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 fiber.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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