macerare

macerare [CL] 1 to make soft: a (by kneading, pounding); b (by chewing; in quot., fig.). a farinam aqua conspergat, et manibus fortiter compingat et ~et Lanfr. Const. 150; hec pinsa, -e, i. scacella cum qua pasta ~atur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 416; farinam aqua conspergat, et manibus fortiter inpugnet et ~et Cust. Westm. 67.  b Tartareum macerans et torquens corde venenum Bonif. Aen. (Invidia) 319. 2 to make weak, weaken, wear down (person, animal, etc., esp. by depriving of food; also refl.); b (by beating, torturing). c to make thin, emaciate. qui [sc. porci] cadavera mortuorum lacerantes manducaverunt, carnem eorum manducare non licet usque dum ~entur Theod. Pen. II 11. 8; homines inedia ~ati Bede HE IV 13 p. 231; medicina ‥ macerata in membra cucurrit Mir. Nin. 318; ut qui per abstinentiam ~antur [gl. AS: awonad’ biðon] in corpore, per fructum boni operis reficiantur in mente Rit. Durh. 15; membra fatigabat, carnem macerando domabat R. Cant. Malch. I 152; siquis ex juvenibus ‥ cum parvulis jocatus fuerit, diuturna penitentia ~etur Rob. Flamb. Pen. 295; vivebat parcius et se gravius ~avit V. Edm. Rich P 1793B.  b non tam militari manu quam flagris callidam gentem ~aturos Gildas EB 7; Justina ‥ diversis tormentorum cruciatibus ~ata Aldh. VirgP 43; macerare suam crudeli vibice carnem Id. VirgV 2474.  c 10‥ ~are, mægeregan, gehlænian WW; †besare, ~are [under lemma occentare] Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 398 (cf. (MS) f. 111v: obesare [as lemma], ~are, macrum facere); ~o, G. enmegrir (Garl. Unus gl.) Teaching Latin II 165. 3 a to vex, harass, (cause to) grieve. b (refl.) to torment oneself, grieve, sorrow. c ( ~ari super) to be vexed over (a matter). d to slaughter, massacre. derelinque exitiabilem ac temetipsum ‥ ~aturum furorem Gildas EB 32; ~atus [? dep.], þreatende GlC M 27; ego non ulterius lectorum exspectationem ~abo, qui hec forsitan non libenter intuentur quia gesta Willelmi successorum prestolantur W. Malm. GR III 304.  b quare non consideras / quia, dum te macheras, / nichil prodes mortuo? (Suscitatio Lazari) Drama II 214.  c c1168 nonne probrosum est Christiano ‥ super amissione temporalium ~ari? J. Sal. Ep. 279 (256).  d s851 in loco qui Acle dicitur conserto prelio paganos superavit, eos inaudita cede ~avit M. Par. Maj. I 381.