macerating
verb
Meaning
- To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid.
- To make lean; to cause to waste away.
- To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
- To mortify the flesh in general.
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