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Definition of Macerate

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. 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.

Meaning of Macerate from wikipedia

- Look up maceration in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Maceration may refer to: Maceration (food), in food preparation Maceration (wine), a step in wine-making...
- Maceration is the process of preparing foods through the softening or breaking into pieces using a liquid. Raw, dried or preserved fruit or vegetables...
- Macerator may refer to: Pumping station, solids maceration Maceration (sewage), machine that reduces solids to small pieces Chopper pumps, pump with cutting...
- Maceration is the winemaking process where the phenolic materials of the grape—tannins, coloring agents (anthocyanins) and flavor compounds—are leached...
- Look up prune in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Maceration is defined as the softening and breaking down of skin resulting from prolonged exposure to...
- Macerated oils are vegetable oils to which other matter, such as herbs, has been added. Commercially available macerated oils include all these, and others...
- Carbonic maceration is a winemaking technique, often ****ociated with the French wine region of Beaujolais, in which whole grapes are fermented in a carbon...
- Maceration, in sewage treatment, is the use of a machine that reduces solids to small pieces in order to deal with rags and other solid waste. Macerating...
- Maceration is a bone preparation technique whereby a clean skeleton is obtained from a vertebrate carc**** by leaving it to decompose inside a closed container...
- personnel, but is often undertaken by professional fossil preparators. Acid maceration is a technique to extract organic microfossils from a surrounding rock...