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- Macerate - v. t. - To make lean; to cause to waste away.
- Macerate - v. t. - To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
- 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.
- Macerated - imp. & p. p. - of Macerate
- Macerater - n. - One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.
- 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.
- 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.