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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: macerate (0.03054 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to macerate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: macerate
macerate
v 1: separate into constituents by soaking
2: become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of
excessive soaking;
“the tissue macerated in the water”
3: soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to
disintegrate as a result;
“macerate peaches”;
“the
gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system”
4: cause to grow thin or weak;
“The treatment emaciated him”
[syn:
waste,
emaciate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Macerate
Macerate
\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.
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2. To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to
mortify. --Baker.
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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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