Bible Dictionaries
Macerate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.

(2):

(v. t.) To make lean; to cause to waste away.

(3):

(v. t.) 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.