Lexic.us

Definition of Macerate

1. Verb. Separate into constituents by soaking.

2. Verb. Become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking. "The tissue macerated in the water"

3. Verb. Soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result. "The gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system"

4. Verb. Cause to grow thin or weak. "The treatment emaciated him"

Definition of Macerate

1. v. t. To make lean; to cause to waste away.

Definition of Macerate

1. Verb. To soften (something) or separate (something) into pieces by soaking (it) in a heated or unheated liquid. ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete) To make lean; to cause to waste away. ¹

3. Verb. (obsolete) To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify. ¹

4. Noun. A macerated substance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Macerate

1. to soften by soaking in liquid [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Medical Definition of Macerate

1. To soften by steeping or soaking. Origin: see maceration (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Macerate

macdonaldite mace mace-bearer mace-bearers macebearer macebearers maced macedoine macedoines macedonian

macedonite macelike macer maceral macerals macerate (current term) macerated macerater maceraters macerates

macerating maceration macerations macerative macerator macerators macerozyme macerozymes macers maces

Literary usage of Macerate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1865)
"Hemlock leaves, §iv. ; diluted alcohol, Oij, macerate for fourteen days, ... macerate for fourteen days, and filter. i [The following is the formula for the ..."

2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1854)
"Oj. macerate for two hours, and strain.) This infusion may also be made from the same ... Oj. macerate for four hours in a covered vessel, and strain. ..."

3. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley (1892)
"Senna, 2 Ibs. 1 oz.; tepid water, 1 quart, macerate for 12 hours, frequently stirring with и stick, and express the liquor ; to the' marc,' add of tepid ..."

4. Note-book of Materia Medica, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics by Robert Edmund Scoresby-Jackson (1867)
"macerate for forty-eight hours, with fifteen ounces of the spirit, in a close vessel, ... macerate 48 hours and Percolate ; b. macerate 7 days ; e. ..."

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