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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mac·er·ate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macerated p. pr. & vb. n. Macerating.]
 1. To make lean; to cause to waste away. [Obs. or R.]
 2. To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
 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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