macerate
pronunciation
How to pronounce macerate in British English:
UK [ˈmæsəreɪt]
How to pronounce macerate in American English:
US [ˈmæsəˌret]
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- Verb:
- separate into constituents by soaking
- become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
- soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
- cause to grow thin or weak
Word Origin
- macerate (v.)
- late 15c., a back-formation from maceration or else from Latin maceratus, past participle of macerare "soften, make soft, soak, steep," related to maceria "garden wall," originally "of kneaded clay," from PIE *mak-ero-, suffixed form of root *mag- "to knead" (cognates: Greek magis "kneaded mass, cake," mageus "one who kneads, baker;" Old Church Slavonic mazo "to anoint, smear;" Breton meza "to knead;" Middle Irish maistir "to churn"), also "to fashion, fit" (compare make (v.)). Related: Macerated; macerating.
Example
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- 2. That kind of force would macerate his internal organs .
- 3. This standard set electric with blame macerate the definition of compact lamination wood , name and ask commonly .