Meaning

To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid..

Definitions by Sense

1. To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.
2. To reduce solids to small pieces (in a macerator).
3. (archaic) To make lean; to cause to waste away.
4. (obsolete) To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
5. (obsolete) To mortify the flesh in general.
6. (obsolete) past participle of macerate
7. A macerated substance.

Example Sentences

Baal scuttles with ten tails Between as many legs as he could carry— Perhaps Thomas poking through the holes And finding resolution beyond the scales And incorporeal pain of the hammered Messiah,

“My dear child, how are you employed?” I knew the voice of the Superior, and I replied, “My father, I was sleeping.” “And I was macerating myself at the foot of the altar for you, my child,—the scourge is red with my blood.” I returned no answer, for I felt the maceration was better merited by the betrayer than the betrayed.

Word Forms

• macerates
• macerating
• macerated

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When Should You Use Macerate?

Use macerate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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