Definition of Macerating

1. Verb. (present participle of macerate) ¹

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Definition of Macerating

1. macerate [v] - See also: macerate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Macerating

macebearers
maced
macedoine
macedoines
macedonian
macedonite
macelike
macer
maceral
macerals
macerate
macerated
macerater
maceraters
macerates
macerating (current term)
maceration
macerations
macerative
macerator
macerators
macerozyme
macerozymes
macers
maces
macfallite
mach-zender interferometer
machaca
machacas
machado-joseph disease

Literary usage of Macerating

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

1. A Treatise on Pharmacy for Students and Pharmacists by Charles Caspari, Evander Francis Kelly (1920)
"Made by macerating 50 Gms. of gam- bir and 25 Gms. of Saigon cinnamon, ... Made by macerating 200 Gms. of guaiac. in No. 40 powder, with alcohol to make ..."

2. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"Tho inhabitants of the Moluccas used, in their wars, a liquor obtained by macerating the fruit, which the Dutch called ..."

3. A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms: A by Charles Buck (1823)
"But, ferred on us in the course of providence ; in rejecting the use of God's creatures ; in being careless of life, health, and family i in macerating the ..."

4. A Dictionary of Saintly Women by Agnes Baillie Cunninghame Dunbar (1904)
"Christina helped her to tend the sick, all the time macerating her own body for penance. She drove a nail through her foot, that she might feel the ..."

5. The Microscope in Botany: A Guide for the Microscopical Investigation of by Wilhelm Julius Behrens (1885)
"Its use is understood without further explanation.5 B. macerating OR SOFTENING. This method of preparation depends on the fact that plant tissues, ..."

6. Pathological technique by Frank Burr Mallory (1904)
"macerating: fluids are little used in pathology. Occasionally, however, when tissues are tough, so that they cannot be readily teased apart, ..."

7. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"Ph., is prepared by macerating 2 oz. of freih orange-peel in a pint of ... Ph., is obtained by'macerating б oz. of freih peel of Seville oranges in 3 Ibs. ..."

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