"macerate" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmæs.ə.ɹɪt/ [General-American, UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-macerate.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-macerate2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: macerates [plural]
Etymology: From Latin mācerātus, perfect passive participle of mācerō, from Proto-Indo-European *mag-, *mak- (“to knead”), whence make. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|mācerātus}} Latin mācerātus, {{der|en|ine-pro|*mag-}} Proto-Indo-European *mag- Head templates: {{en-noun}} macerate (plural macerates)
  1. A macerated substance.
    Sense id: en-macerate-en-noun-p1xKd0W0

Verb

IPA: /ˈmæs.ə.ɹeɪt/ [General-American, UK] Forms: macerates [present, singular, third-person], macerating [participle, present], macerated [participle, past], macerated [past]
Etymology: From Latin mācerātus, perfect passive participle of mācerō, from Proto-Indo-European *mag-, *mak- (“to knead”), whence make. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|mācerātus}} Latin mācerātus, {{der|en|ine-pro|*mag-}} Proto-Indo-European *mag- Head templates: {{en-verb}} macerate (third-person singular simple present macerates, present participle macerating, simple past and past participle macerated)
  1. To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid. Translations (to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid): накисвам (nakisvam) (Bulgarian), weken (Dutch), macérer (French), macerar (Galician), mazerieren (German), macerare (Italian), mācerō (Latin), atmiekšķēt (Latvian), macerować (Polish), macerar (Portuguese), вымачивать (vymačivatʹ) (Russian), размачивать (razmačivatʹ) (Russian), macerar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-macerate-en-verb-Nz1nF7vP Disambiguation of 'to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid': 88 4 2 5
  2. (archaic) To make lean; to cause to waste away. Tags: archaic Translations (to make lean, cause to waste away): mācerō (Latin)
    Sense id: en-macerate-en-verb-3LDb53rn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 15 54 4 2 Disambiguation of 'to make lean, cause to waste away': 2 96 1 1
  3. (obsolete) To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify. Tags: obsolete Translations (to subdue the appetite by a poor diet): umartwiać się (Polish), изнуря́ть (iznurjátʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-macerate-en-verb-qWpgxWjW Disambiguation of 'to subdue the appetite by a poor diet': 2 6 89 3
  4. (obsolete) To mortify the flesh in general. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-macerate-en-verb-zWmeAyVO

Inflected forms

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