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Macer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A mace bearer; an officer of a court.

Macerata Encyclopedia Britannica

MACERATA, a city of Italy, the chief town of a province, a bishop’s see, and the seat of a court of appeal, lies 22 miles south of Ancona, and 17 miles by road west of Civita Nova, the nearest station on the East Coast Railway. Crowning the top of a hill about 1300 feet in height with a picturesque mass of buildings enclosed by walls and towers, Macerata looks out over the Adriatic and the valleys of the Potenza and the Clιienti. The cathedral·is a modern structure of but little interest; but some of the churches, and especially some of the palaces, —Palazzo dei Torri, Palazzo Bonaccor⅞j, <kc.,—are fine pieces of architecture; and at a short distance from the town stands the beautiful S. Maria delle Vergini, designed by Galasso da Carpi, but often attributed to Bramante. Besides the university, Macerata contains a communal library founded by Leo XII., and, in the municipal buildings, a collection of antiquities from Helvia Ricina. Its infant schools were the first established in the papal states. Glass and pottery are among the manufactures, and three fairs are held yearly. The population of the commune has increased from 19,283 in 1861 to 20,219 in 1881; that of the town was 10,065 at the former date....

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 15, p. 145
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Macerate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To make lean; to wear away.

2. To mortify; to harass with corporeal hardships; to cause to pine or waste away.

3. Out of excessive zeal they macerate their bodies and impair their health.

4. To steep almost to solution; to soften and separate the parts of a substance by steeping it in a fluid, or by the digestive process. So we say, food is macerated in the stomach.

Macerate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To make lean; to cause to waste away.

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.

Macerated [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Made thin or lean; steeped almost to solution.

Macerated [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Macerater [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.

Macerating [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Making lean; steeping almost to solution; softening.

Macerating [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Maceration [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act or the process of making thin or lean by wearing away, or by mortification.

2. The act, process or operation of softening and almost dissolving by steeping in a fluid.

3. The saliva serves for the maceration and dissolution of the meat into chyle.

Maceration [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act or process of macerating.