MACERATE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To make lean; to cause to waste away. [Obs. or R.] Harvey.

2.
v.

To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify. Baker.

3.
v.

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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