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Synonyms for macerate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : mas-uh-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæs əˌreɪt

Définition of macerate

Origin :
  • late 15c., a back-formation from maceration or else from Latin maceratus, past participle of macerare "soften, make soft, soak, steep," related to maceria "garden wall," originally "of kneaded clay," from PIE *mak-ero-, suffixed form of root *mag- "to knead" (cf. Greek magis "kneaded mass, cake," mageus "one who kneads, baker;" Old Church Slavonic mazo "to anoint, smear;" Breton meza "to knead;" Middle Irish maistir "to churn"), also "to fashion, fit" (cf. make (v.)). Related: Macerated; macerating.
  • verb liquefy
Example sentences :
  • They put some gum in the water in which they macerate the raggs.
  • Extract from : « Bookbinding, and the Care of Books » by Douglas Cockerell
  • They put some gum in the water in which they macerate the rags.
  • Extract from : « The Diary of John Evelyn, Volume II (of 2) » by John Evelyn
  • It is not advisable to macerate more than 50 grams in one operation.
  • Extract from : « Alcoholic Fermentation » by Arthur Harden
  • Macerate about 20 grams of the sample after mixing with 30 to 40 cc.
  • Extract from : « Detection of the Common Food Adulterants » by Edwin M. Bruce
  • These two drugs have the power to macerate dry, hard tissues.
  • Extract from : « Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry » by Maximilian Stern
  • Macerate the opium with 1⁄2 pint of the water for 24 hours, and express.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • Macerate for 10 days in a stoppered bottle, express, and filter.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • Macerate in a close vessel for a fortnight, then filter and bottle for sale.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Perfumery » by G. W. Septimus Piesse
  • After this, the water is drawn off into a second vat in which are placed more beets, and allowed to macerate again for an hour.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products » by F. B. Wright
  • For those who macerate the body, and long to put on immortality, are only in a kind of dream.
  • Extract from : « Flowers of Freethought » by George W. Foote

Antonyms for macerate

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