macerate
macerate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify. Baker.
- 2.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- add
- affuse
- affusion
- aqua
- aquatic
- aqueous
- are
- balneal
- balneation
- bath
- bathe
- dabble
- deluge
- diluent
- dilute
- diluted
- dilution
- dip
- douche
- douse
- drench
- drown
- duck
- flood
- gargle
- high
- humectation
- hydrous
- immerge
- immerse
- immersion
- infiltration
- inject
- inundate
- irrigate
- irrigation
- lave
- lotion
- lymph
- lymphatic
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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