macerate
verb
[ ˈmasəreɪt ]
• (especially with reference to food) soften or become softened by soaking in a liquid.
• "macerate the mustard seeds in vinegar"
• cause to waste away by fasting.
• "these men lodged in tombs and macerated themselves with fasting"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin macerat- ‘made soft, soaked’, from macerare ‘to soften’.
