macerate

English

Etymology

From Latin mācerātus, perfect passive participle of mācerō, from Proto-Indo-European *mag-, *mak- (“to knead”) .

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈmæs.ə.reɪt/

Verb

macerate (third-person singular simple present macerates, present participle macerating, simple past and past participle macerated)

1. To soften (something) or separate (something) into pieces by soaking (it) in a heated or unheated liquid.
2. (obsolete) To make lean; to cause to waste away.
3. (obsolete) To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.

Translations

to soften or separate by immersion in a liquid

• French: macérer (fr)
• Italian: macerare (it)
• Latin: mācerō (la)

• Portuguese: macerar (pt)
• Russian: вымачивать (ru) (vymačivatʹ), размачивать (ru) (razmachivat') 
• Spanish: macerar (es)

to make lean, cause to waste away

• Latin: mācerō (la)

to subdue the appetite by a poor diet

• Russian: изнурять (ru) (iznurjatʹ)

Noun

macerate (plural macerates)

1. A macerated substance.

References

• macerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Notes:

Anagrams

• cream tea
• racemate

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Italian

Verb

macerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of macerare
2. second-person plural imperative of macerare
3. Feminine plural of macerato

Anagrams

• camerate

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Latin

Participle

mācerāte

1. vocative masculine singular of mācerātus