different between macerate vs lacerate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?mæs.?.?e?t/

Noun

• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæs.?.??t/

Verb

macerate (third-person singular simple present macerates, present participle macerating, simple past and past participle macerated)

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.
   • 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:

     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,
     Immaculately macerated God.

3. (obsolete) To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
4. (obsolete) To mortify the flesh in general.
   • 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 243-244:

     “My dear child, how are you employed?” I knew the voice of the Superior, and I replied, “My father, I was sleeping.” “And I was macerating myself at the foot of the altar for you, my child,—the scourge is red with my blood.” I returned no answer, for I felt the maceration was better merited by the betrayer than the betrayed.

Translations

Noun

macerate (plural macerates)

1. A macerated substance.

References

• macerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Notes:

Anagrams

• camerate, cream tea, racemate

Italian

Verb

macerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of macerare
2. second-person plural imperative of macerare
3. feminine plural of macerato

Anagrams

• camerate

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma?.ke?ra?.te/, [mä?k???ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.t??e?ra.te/, [m?t???????t??]

Participle

m?cer?te

1. vocative masculine singular of m?cer?tus

English

Etymology

From Middle English laceraten, from Latin lacer?tus, past participle of lacer?.

Pronunciation

• (verb): IPA^(key): /?læ.s?.ejt/
• (verb): Hyphenation: lac?er?ate
• (adjective): IPA^(key): /?læ.s?.?t/

Verb

lacerate (third-person singular simple present lacerates, present participle lacerating, simple past and past participle lacerated)

1. (transitive) To tear, rip or wound.
2. (transitive) To defeat thoroughly; to thrash.

Translations

Adjective

lacerate (not comparable)

1. (botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.

   The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.

Italian

Verb

lacerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of lacerare
2. second-person plural imperative of lacerare
3. feminine plural of lacerato

Latin

Participle

lacer?te

1. vocative masculine singular of lacer?tus