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macerate

[ mas-uh-reyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, mac·er·at·ed, mac·er·at·ing.

, mac·er·at·ed, mac·er·at·ing.

to undergo maceration.
to become thin or emaciated; waste away.
Synonyms: wither, fade, shrivel, shrink

macerate

/ ˈmæsəˌreɪt /

1540–50; < Latin mācerātus (past participle of mācerāre to make soft, weaken, steep); -ate ¹

C16: from Latin mācerāre to soften

Press out all the whey from the curd and macerate the latter for several hours (10 to 12 hours) in 50 cc.

For those who macerate the body, and long to put on immortality, are only in a kind of dream.

Macerate the drugs with alcohol and water, and after a few days transfer to percolator.

Macerate in a close vessel for a fortnight, then filter and bottle for sale.

Allow the whole to macerate in the spirit during 24 hours, then distil off 40 gallons by the heat of a water bath.

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