1. macerate -- (separate into constituents by soaking)
2. macerate -- (become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking; "the tissue macerated in the water")
3. macerate -- (soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result; "macerate peaches"; "the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system")
4. waste, emaciate, macerate -- (cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him")
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"Ah respect This wan and leprous wither'd skin," thus he Suppliant implor'd, "this macerated flesh. - from The Divine Comedy, Complete by Dante Alighieri
