Mac"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Macerating.] [L. maceratus, p. p. of macerare to make soft, weaken, enervate; cf. Gr. to knead.]
1.
To make lean; to cause to waste away.
[Obs. or R.]
Harvey.
2.
To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
Baker.
3.
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.
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