macerate

  1. Verb.  To soften (something) or separate (something) into pieces by soaking (it) in a heated or unheated liquid.
  2. Verb.  (obsolete) To make lean; to cause to waste away.
  3. Verb.  (obsolete) To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
  4. Noun.  A macerated substance.

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