noun
Meaning 1
A macerated substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
macerate
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, UK: /ˈmæs.ə.ɹɪt/
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General-American, UK: /ˈmæs.ə.ɹeɪt/
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verb
Meaning 2
To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.
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verb
Meaning 3
To reduce solids to small pieces (in a macerator).
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verb
Meaning 4
To make lean; to cause to waste away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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verb
Meaning 5
To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 6
To mortify the flesh in general.
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 7
past participle of macerate
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Usage: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
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verb
Meaning 8
cause to grow thin or weak
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The treatment emaciated him
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Synonyms: waste, emaciate
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Broader terms: enfeeble, debilitate, drain
verb
Meaning 9
soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- macerate peaches
- the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system
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Broader terms: soften
verb
Meaning 10
become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the tissue macerated in the water
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Broader terms: soften
verb
Meaning 11
separate into constituents by soaking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: separate
History
Etymology
First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin mācerātus, perfect passive participle of mācerō (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from Proto-Indo-European *mag-, *mak- (“to knead”), whence make. Cognate with French macérer.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: накисвам (nakisvam) — to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
- Dutch: weken — to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
- Esperanto: maceri — to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
- French: macérer — to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
- Galician: macerar — to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
- German: mazerieren — to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
- Italian: macerare — to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
- Latin: mācerō — to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
- Latvian: atmiekšķēt — to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
- Polish: macerować — to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
- Portuguese: macerar — to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
- Russian: вымачивать (vymačivatʹ) — to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
- Russian: размачивать (razmačivatʹ) — to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
- Spanish: macerar — to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid
- Latin: mācerō — to make lean, cause to waste away
- Polish: umartwiać się — to subdue the appetite by a poor diet
- Russian: изнуря́ть (iznurjátʹ) — to subdue the appetite by a poor diet