macerate

Etymology

From Latin mācerātus, perfect passive participle of mācerō, from Proto-Indo-European *mag-, *mak- (“to knead”) , whence make.

verb

1. To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.
2. (archaic) To make lean; to cause to waste away.
   Baal scuttles with ten tails Between as many legs as he could carry— Perhaps Thomas poking through the holes And finding resolution beyond the scales And incorporeal pain of the hammered Messiah, 2006, David Tibet; Michael Cashmore (lyrics and music), “The Dissolution Of The Boat ‘Millions Of Years’”, in Black Ships Ate the Sky, performed by Current 93
3. (obsolete) To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
4. (obsolete) To mortify the flesh in general.

noun

1. A macerated substance.