Definition for MAC-ER-A'TION

MAC-ER-A'TION, n.

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

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