macerater

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mac·er·ate

M0005800 (măs′ə-rāt′)v. mac·er·at·ed, mac·er·at·ing, mac·er·ates v.tr.1. To make soft by soaking or steeping in a liquid.2. To separate into constituents by soaking.3. To cause to become lean, usually by starvation; emaciate.v.intr. To become soft or separated into constituents by soaking: "allowed the juice and skins of the white grapes to macerate together overnight before pressing" (Gerald Asher).n. (-ĭt) A substance prepared or produced by macerating.
[Latin mācerāre, mācerāt-; see mag- in Indo-European roots.]
mac′er·a′tion n.mac′er·a′tor, mac′er·at′er n.