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marinate

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mar⋅i⋅nate

  [mar-uh-neyt]
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–verb (used with object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
to steep (food) in a marinade.
Origin:
1635–45; prob. < It marinato, ptp. of marinare to pickle. See marine, -ate 1

Related forms:
mar⋅i⋅na⋅tion, noun
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mar·i·nate   (mār'ə-nāt')   
v.   mar·i·nat·ed, mar·i·nat·ing, mar·i·nates

v.   tr.
To soak (meat, for example) in a marinade.
v.   intr.
To become marinated.

[Probably from Italian marinato, past participle of marinare, to marinate; see marinade.]
mar'i·na'tion n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
marinate

  1. n.
    to wait calmly for something to happen. : I'll just sit here and marinate until you figure out what you want us to do.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

marinate 
c.1645, from Fr. mariner "to pickle in (sea) brine," from O.Fr. marin (adj.) "of the sea," from L. marinus (see marine).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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