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MACERATE

\mˈasəɹˌe͡ɪt], \mˈasəɹˌe‍ɪt], \m_ˈa_s_ə_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t]\

Definitions of MACERATE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.

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cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
separate into constituents by soaking
become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
separate into constituents by soaking
become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To make lean; to cause to waste away.
To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To make lean; to cause to waste away.
To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To soften or separate the parts of by soaking in a fluid.
Maceration.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To soften by steeping or soaking.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

To steep: to soften by steeping.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To make lean; soften by steeping.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To reduce to a soft mass by soaking.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To make lean; to harass; to soften and separate the parts of a substance by steeping it in a fluid.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To mortify; to inflict corporal hardships; to make lean; to steep in any cold liquid for the purpose of softening the texture, or of extracting the soluble portion; to steep almost to solution.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

To wear away or to isolate the parts of a tissue or organ; to soften and wear away by digestion or other means.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

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